coiner

Example Sentences

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One imagines the subject himself — the “Me decade” coiner with the “Me” career — wondering why there isn’t more Wolfe in “Radical Wolfe.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2023

They, in turn, were introduced by a series of endorsers including Greenwood City Councilwoman Edith Childs, the famous coiner of the Obama campaign’s “Fired up! Ready to go!” call-and-response.

From Slate • Feb. 29, 2020

After the war, President Grover Cleveland appointed him coiner at the U.S.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2016

Comment of the Week goes to the coiner of the term “suitcase material,” which may well be the best new addition to the espionage lexicon.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2015

His fastball would come down and in on the inside coiner.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson