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minutemen

noun

Meaning

  1. During the American War for Independence, a citizen-soldier who would fight for the Patriots at a minute's notice.
  2. A man who reaches orgasm undesirably quickly during sexual intercourse.
  3. The cyclist starting one minute ahead of, or behind, another rider in a time trial.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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