centre three-quarter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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R. C. S. Dick, Cambridge centre three-quarter, running for the Harvard goal, saw two tacklers coming headon.
From Time Magazine Archive
So in three days we have lost the most brilliant and versatile centre three-quarter in Poulton, the cleverest drop-kick in the world in Lloyd, and the world's champion tennis-player in Wilding!
From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Jones, Henry Paul Mainwaring
He took his place as centre three-quarter with Cardillac outside left and Tester and Buchan on the other wing.
From The Prelude to Adventure by Walpole, Hugh, Sir
He played centre three-quarter for the Second Fifteen.
From Tales of St. Austin's by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
He was the safest, coolest centre three-quarter the School had, or had had for some time.
From Tales of St. Austin's by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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