Spanish athlete

plural Spanish athletes

1. euphemisticA bullshitter.

   Al, you will recall, was quite a Spanish athlete.

   1932, Stevens Indicator, page 157

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   We were both Spanish athletes— the Spanish athlete, you know, is the man who throws the bull.

   1911, National Lime Association, Transactions of the Annual Meeting, page 154

   Apparently there is little hope for this "Spanish Athlete," but the following suggestions are appropriate if he and a few others will only give ear and mind

   1916, Rock Island Employes' Magazine, page 27

   Woman, lovely woman, invariably favors all athletes, with the possible exception of the type known as the Spanish athlete, more commonly referred to as the bull-thrower.

   1923, Sheet Metal Workers' Journal, page 24

   He is throwing the bull (or is a Spanish athlete)

   2005, Reinhold Aman, Maledicta, page 14