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Wrong 'un

noun
1.
A cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way.  Synonyms: bosie, bosie ball, googly.





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"Wrong 'un" Quotes from Famous Books



... I suppose not. [A pause] By Jove, I don't like losing this case. I don't like the admission we backed such a wrong 'un. ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy
... the patriot's merits without descending to detail. Outside, the newspaper boys were yelling "Arrest of Misther Balfour-r-r," but the Corporation were no buyers. The populace might be taken in, but official Cork know it was the "wrong 'un," and clave ...
— Ireland as It Is - And as It Would be Under Home Rule • Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)


Words linked to "Wrong 'un" :   bosie ball, bowling, bosie, googly


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