Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A poor or amateurish chess player.
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- noun chess, slang A poor player; an
amateur .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a poor chess player
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Although, since I don't see many people respond to your rantings except maybe a few new individuals… most have already figured out you're nothing but a patzer.
New Pulsar "Clocks" Will Aid Gravitational Wave Detection | Universe Today 2010
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Hey, it takes a patzer to appreciate someone who can actually play!
Supporting Local Chess with $$$ Jan 2008
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In fact, depending on the particular situation, Deep Blue is either smarter than any human being could ever be -- or maybe as clumsy as a weekend patzer playing for dollars at Washington Square Park.
Man Vs. Machine 2008
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If you mean tyro, I thought the spelling was patzer, but then, my Mom and Dad pronounced their Yiddish with a distinctly Bostonian accent.
Editing: How I do it Douglas Hoffman 2006
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"Shut up, patzer" I love this fascinating scene from
WN.com - Articles related to Shirley Valentine/Educating Rita, Menier Chocolate Factory, London 2010
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"Shut up, patzer" I love this fascinating scene from
WN.com - Articles related to Shirley Valentine/Educating Rita, Menier Chocolate Factory, London 2010
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"Shut up, patzer" I love this fascinating scene from
WN.com - Articles related to Shirley Valentine/Educating Rita, Menier Chocolate Factory, London 2010
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"Shut up, patzer" I love this fascinating scene from
WN.com - Articles related to Shirley Valentine/Educating Rita, Menier Chocolate Factory, London 2010
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"Shut up, patzer" I love this fascinating scene from
WN.com - Articles related to Shirley Valentine/Educating Rita, Menier Chocolate Factory, London 2010
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Lolly on Jul 21, 2008 visually delightful, but … sheers away from all other batmen by taking itself seriously as a forum of debate on the ancient division between the existential view that the universe and human behavior both lack any moral substrate or are ultimately ruleless altogether, and the obvious counterargument that moral behavior is not only possible, but inevitable, and has absolute consequences … pretty heavy stuff for an action adventure movie … in this way, i think knight overreaches badly … i do not expect to extract any serious philosophical lessons from any nameable lecture or entertainment in the space of 2 and 1/2 hours … nolan has undertaken an impossible task for such a limited medium … in the end expedience comes up for the b man as the easy winner afer all this striving, and i regard that as the point of exhaustion for his thesis. patzer on Jul 22, 2008
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qms commented on the word patzer
The old man advised, “As to that sir,
If your aim is to be a true master –
Though timid and tame
May win the odd game
Be bold or be always a patzer.”
February 10, 2014