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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

coast·er / ˈkōstər/ • n. 1. a ship used to carry cargo along the coast. ∎ a person who inhabits a specified coast: a West coaster. 2. a small tray or mat placed under a bottle or glass to protect the table underneath. 3. a toboggan. ∎ short for roller coaster.

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coaster

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

coaster, generic term for small merchant ships, such as the collier and the tramp, which traded around the coasts of the British Isles during the late 19th–early 20th centuries. They still do so but in much reduced numbers.

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coaster

A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

coaster A term used to describe either a defective CD ROM or one, usually sent by an INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER, which is not needed. The name derives from the fact that these CD ROMs are often used as mats for mugs of hot liquid.

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coaster

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

coaster •aorta, daughter, exhorter, exporter, extorter, Horta, importer, mortar, porter, quarter, slaughter, snorter, sorter, sporter, supporter, three-quarter, torte, transporter, underwater, water •altar, alter, assaulter, defaulter, falter, Gibraltar, halter, Malta, palter, psalter, salter, vaulter, Walter •flaunter, haunter, saunter, taunter, vaunter •exhauster, Forster •fraudster • granddaughter •stepdaughter • manslaughter •ripsnorter • pole-vaulter • backwater •headquarter • freshwater •breakwater • rainwater • seawater •dishwater • tidewater • Whitewater •saltwater • rosewater • shearwater •firewater •doubter, grouter, outer, pouter, scouter, shouter, spouter, touter •counter, encounter, mounter •jouster, ouster •revcounter •bloater, boater, Botha, Dakota, doter, emoter, floater, gloater, iota, Kota, Minnesota, motor, promoter, quota, rota, rotor, scoter, voter •bolter, coulter (US colter), Volta •boaster, coaster, poster, roaster, toaster •roadster • oldster •bolster, holster, pollster, soulster, upholster •billposter

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	Newest roller coasters show no sign of slowing down.(Going Places) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 6/21/1998
	ROLLER COASTER OF A RIDE.(Features) Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 8/17/2007
	Deja Vu: Another coaster debuts.(News) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 10/5/2001