ball-carrier

[ bawl-kar-ee-er ]

noun

, Football.

1. the offensive player having the ball and attempting to gain ground.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ball-carrier¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The gun went off with a roar, and Jenkins hit Griffin like a tackler slamming into a ball carrier.

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Then Ball-Carrier remembered his parents and went back to them.

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The kettle soon began to sing and bubble, and Ball Carrier was lifted in.

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And she pulled out Ball-Carrier, looking so lean and small that he would hardly have made a mouthful for a sparrow.

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But with the first step Ball-Carrier changed himself into a wolf and for a long way kept ahead.

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