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nipbacker

noun

Etymology

nip + back + -er

  1. inherited from *bʰeg-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *baką✻
  3. inherited from *bak✻
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. formed as nipbacker — “nip + back + -er”

Definitions

  1. A delivery that pitches outside the line of off stump then deviates off the seam, moving…

    A delivery that pitches outside the line of off stump then deviates off the seam, moving towards the batter.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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