bosey

English

Etymology

Named after English cricketer Bernard Bosanquet who toured Australia for the 1903/4 summer; +‎ -y. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 4, page 248.)

Noun

bosey (plural boseys)

(cricket, obsolete) A googly.

Anagrams

obeys, syboe

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