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  • leg-break
    leg-break
    noun
    a ball deviating to the off side from the leg side when bowled.
  • leg break
    leg break
    noun
    cricket a bowled ball that spins from leg to off on pitching

leg-break

American  
[leg-breyk] / ˈlɛgˌbreɪk /

noun

Cricket.

  1. a ball deviating to the off side from the leg side when bowled.

leg break British  

noun

  1. cricket a bowled ball that spins from leg to off on pitching

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Etymology

Origin of leg-break

First recorded in 1885–90

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