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laffer | (n) United States economist who proposed the Laffer curve (born in 1940), Syn. Arthur Laffer |
laffer curve | (n) a graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income; income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines |
laffite | (n) French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826), Syn. Jean Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Lafitte |
sclaff | (n) a poor golf stroke in which the club head hits the ground before hitting the ball |
sclaff | (v) strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped first |
sclaff | (v) strike (the ground) in making a sclaff |
pilaf | (n) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes, Syn. pilaff, pilaw, pilau |
Sclaff | v. i. |
Sclaff | v. t. (Golf) To scrape (the club) on the ground, in a stroke, before hitting the ball; also, to make (a stroke) in that way. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
Sclaff | n. [ Scot. ] |