stoater

noun4

1. •
   (Ireland, informal) A beautiful girl or woman.

   • She was a wee stoater with beautiful ringlets down to her shoulders. — 2009
2. •
   (Ireland, informal) Anything especially nice.

   • Towards the end perhaps there were slight signs of tiring fingers but there is no doubt that, in the words of the cognoscenti, this was a stoater of a performance. — 1984
3. •
   (Ireland, informal) A severe blow.

   • Michael smacked him in the face with everything he had, a real stoater — 2007
4. •
   (Ireland, informal) A horse that wins against the odds.

   • El Hakim's party won a mere trifle, but stood what poor Captain Scott was wont to term "a stoater" on Merlin, a good but uncertain horse, who had "lost" him in the trial at home. — 1858