mulligan.
Ellipsis of mulligan stew.
Meaning & usage
Ellipsis of mulligan stew.
An unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke that went awry.
If you lose your drive in the water, take a mulligan and try again.
An opportunity (sometimes penalized) for a player to reshuffle their cards and draw a new initial hand at the beginning of a game.
A second chance.
Don't do poorly in your first interview; you won't get a mulligan.
Where this word comes from
Attested since the 1930s in the sense “chance to re-take a golf stroke”; probably from the name Mulligan, after a golfer who replayed a stroke. See Wikipedia for more information.
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