yorker

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)

Noun

yorker (plural yorkers)

  1. (cricket) A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.
    He bowled forty-seven toe crushing yorkers that resulted in the wickets of 6 batsmen.
    • 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 8:
      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.

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