U.S. and Austral. [Corrupt f. STING-RAY.] A sting-ray, esp. Trygon centrura (Dasyatis centrurus).

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1859.  Bartlett, Dict. Amer. (ed. 2), 451.

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1871.  Field, 25 Nov., 457/2. The spear of the stingaree.

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1882.  Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fishes N. Amer., 47. Dasyatis centrurus, Common Sting Ray; Clam Cracker; Stingaree.

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1887.  Mrs. D. Daly, S. Australia, 330. Sharks, stingarees,… you see swimming about.

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  Hence Stingareeing vbl. sb., the sport of catching stingarees.

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c. 1870.  G. H. Kingsley, Sport & Trav., iii. (1900), 57. I confess that I love ‘stingareeing’ for its own sake, as a sport.

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1871.  Field, 25 Nov., 457/2. Few [sports] beat our afternoon’s stingareeing!

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