fieldsman
Americannoun
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fieldsmen
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noun
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Tom Screeton works as a senior agriculture fieldsman at Birds Eye looking after pea fields in East Yorkshire.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
The young fieldsman, heart plunging through his shoes, already knew exactly what was going on.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2018
He was known for graceful drives to the offside, but was also a deft and twinkle-footed player of spin, and a brilliant cover fieldsman.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2013
Or, he glanced the ball fine to allow the long-leg fieldsman no chance.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2011
I timed it successfully, and had no doubt of having added four to my score, when, to my astonishment, I saw a fieldsman running from the direction of the hedge.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920 by Various
He is also one of the finest fieldsmen in Australian cricket and the energy he brings to his game is impressive.
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2013
Other than smiting a perfectly respectable Tim Bresnan delivery into the stands beyond long-on, he caressed the ball usually square of the wicket on the off side wherever the fieldsmen weren't.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2012
Mischievous fieldsmen would often imitate your batting partner in calling you for an impossible run.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2011
From his outside edge the ball ballooned in the air between the fieldsmen on the off-side.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2010
The fieldsmen changed across for the next over.
From Psmith in the City by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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