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bodyline en · ADJ
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(historical, not-comparable) Designating a form of bowling (now against the rules) characterised by fast, short-pitched balls aimed at the batsman's body or leg stump rather than the wicket.
The Cousins changed the game entirely, said the blimpish fellow: much as he might have deplored power tennis or bodyline bowling.
1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 3:
bodyline en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of body line.
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bodyliner