house cricket
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of house cricket
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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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
The house cricket cup at Wrykyn has found itself on some strange mantelpieces in its time.
From The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
A photograph of my house cricket eleven, framed in oak.
From Once a Week by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
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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