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English Dictionary: 'coaster by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coaster \Coast"er\, n.
      1. A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in
            the coasting trade.
  
      2. One who sails near the shore.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   coaster n.   1. Unuseable CD produced during failed attempt at
   writing to writeable or re-writeable CD media.   Certainly related to
   the coaster-like shape of a CD, and the relative value of these
   failures.   "I made a lot of coasters before I got a good CD." 2.
   Useless CDs received in the mail from the likes of AOL, MSN, CI$,
   Prodigy, ad nauseam.
  
  
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