Noun

(en noun)

A competitor thought unlikely to win.

* 2004: The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40

In Athens, the Americans are underdogs to the Chinese and the Canadians

* 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, " Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:

The visit of a Championship side would not normally send a shiver down their spine but they knew that Wigan were underdogs who would snap at their heels and that they possessed a potent bite if they were not kept on a firm leash.

Somebody at a disadvantage.

A high swing wherein the person pushing the swing runs beneath the swing while the person being pushed is at the forward limit of the arc.

Noun

(en noun)

A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather.

*, chapter=10

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats , nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, chapter=5, title= The China Governess , passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}