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Lawford, n. Tennis.|ˈlɔːfəd|
[The name of Herbert F. Lawford (1851–1925), British tennis player.]
Used attrib. to designate a powerful forehand stroke or drive considered characteristic of Lawford's play.
[1890C. G. Heathcote Lawn Tennis x. 230 The invention of this [horizontal] stroke is attributed to Mr. Lawford, and forms a most valuable addition to the power of attack. ]1893J. Dwight Pract. Lawn-Tennis ii. 35 It has been the fashion in America to call any hard underhand stroke..the ‘Lawford’ stroke. 1914Outing LXIV. 424/1 To the fellow who can play a Lawford underhand as well as side wheel, the low, bounding chop stroke is meat and drink! 1936E. C. Potter Kings of Court ii. 20 This forehand became so well known and so feared that some years later it was christened the ‘Lawford stroke’. Ibid., Long after Lawford retired novices cried, ‘I've got it! The Lawford stroke!’ 1977New Yorker 25 July 60/2 Few players could cope with this fearsome forehand—‘the Lawford stroke’, as it came to be called. |