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Word entry · 6 letters

yorker

Best crossword clue

"Cricket delivery"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/Sorted ekorryStarts with YEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Cricket delivery that lands near the batter's feet.

Word origin

Possibly from 18th- and 19th-century slang phrase "to pull Yorkshire on a person", meaning to trick or deceive them. Compare come Yorkshire over.

Used in a sentence

  • He bowled forty-seven toe crushing yorkers that resulted in the wickets of 6 batsmen.
  • I felt rather than saw the next three balls as they whistled around my ears and the last ball was a yorker that could have easily been fired out of a howitzer.
  • He bowled Neesham, Henry and captain Mitchell Santner with perfect slower-ball yorkers to add sparkle to a superb team performance.

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