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Queensland vs Floater - What's the difference?

queensland | floater |

queensland

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • One of the six states of Australia, occupying the north-eastern part of the continent, with its capital at Brisbane.
  • (historical) (1859 - 1901) The self governing colony of what is now the state of Queensland.
  • Derived terms

    * QLD

    floater

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia floater)
  • Agent noun of float; one who or that which floats.
  • An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away.
  • A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.
  • An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.
  • (insurance ) A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
  • (police jargon ) A floating corpse picked up from a body of water.
  • (sports) An unaffiliated player.
  • (surfing) A maneuver in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of the wave onto the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave.
  • (vulgar) A piece of faeces that floats.
  • He left a floater in the toilet.
  • (two-up) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
  • 1998: In this section "floater" means a spin in which at least 1 of the coins does not turn over in the air at least once.'' — Queensland government ''Casino Gaming Amendment Rule (No. 2) 1998 [http://web.archive.org/web/20040730160912/http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/SLS/1998/98SL233.pdf]
  • (slang) Someone who attaches themselves to a group of people, much to the dismay of that group, and repeatedly shows up to participate in group activities despite attempts to get rid of, or “flush,” that person.
  • (AU) A pie floater.
  • Derived terms

    * pie floater

    See also

    * mote