ball-carrier

[ bawl-kar-ee-er ]

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

Origin of ball-carrier

1
First recorded in 1930–35

Words Nearby ball-carrier

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How to use ball-carrier in a sentence

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

    Castle of Terror | E.J. Liston
  • Then ball-carrier remembered his parents and went back to them.

    The Brown Fairy Book | Andrew Lang
  • The kettle soon began to sing and bubble, and Ball Carrier was lifted in.

    The Brown Fairy Book | Andrew Lang
  • And she pulled out ball-carrier, looking so lean and small that he would hardly have made a mouthful for a sparrow.

    The Brown Fairy Book | Andrew Lang
  • But with the first step ball-carrier changed himself into a wolf and for a long way kept ahead.

    The Brown Fairy Book | Andrew Lang