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Noun
Deadeye Dick (plural Deadeye Dicks)
- (informal) An especially accurate marksman.
- 1958 Jan. 6, "It's a bullseye or nothing in this African Manhood Test" (advertisement), Life, vol. 44, no. 1, p. 81 (retrieved 1 Jan 2016):
- You have to be Deadeye Dick to become a Masai warrior. . . . e must pass a spear-throwing test.
1979 July, Bob Brister, “Shooting: Silhouettes”, in Field & Stream, retrieved 1 January 2016, page 84:How would you like to be the envy of your friends, a real Deadeye Dick of a rifle shot?
1997, Frank Bank, Call Me Lumpy, →ISBN, page 108:Davey Freakin' Crockett couldn't have hit the bull's eye better than I did. Talk about your Deadeye Dicks.
2015 July 25, “Deadeye Dick Misses The Mark Again”, in gerrbear.wordpress.com, retrieved 1 January 2016:Former Vice President Dick Cheney earned the moniker Deadeye Dick when he accidentally shot an acquaintance in the face.