| spacer n. 1 | 1942 Some Day We'll Find You in Astounding Science Fiction Dec. 41/1 Why do you think Martians are barred from approaching spacers nearer than five hundred yards? You know they can copy anything once they nose around with their mind tendrils. Let one Martian into the control room of a spacer, and Trading Postβs monopoly is broken. |
| space-tanned adj. | 1942 Some Day We'll Find You in Astounding Science-Fiction Dec. 41/1 Craigβs space-tanned face set in lines of puzzlement. |