house cricket
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of house cricket
First recorded in 1765–75
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A third, the house cricket, could follow soon.
From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2021
Country house cricket was popular in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2014
Only the house cricket seems to be very well known.
From Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn
The walk of the dining-room were covered with photographs of the house cricket and football teams for the last fifteen years.
From The Head of Kay's by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
If every fellow said the same, it would be all up with house cricket; and we wanted to turn out such a hot team this year, too.
From The Master of the Shell by Talbot Baines Reed
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