leg bye

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noun Cricket.

a run or bye scored on a bowled ball that ricochets off any part of the batsman's body except the hand.

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Words nearby leg bye

legation, legato, legator, leg before wicket, leg-break, leg bye, Legco, leg drop, legend, legendary, legendist

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How to use leg bye in a sentence

I did a ten minute scene in his class: the guy who had gangrene in his leg in The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
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Imagine waking up to find a guy who looks like a tech startup employee eating your charred crispy leg.
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The bye bye is being sung, incidentally, by mothers to their babies condemned to death by King Herod.
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Her very first performance onstage came at the age of 4, when she cameoed as a dancing flower in the musical Bye Bye Birdie.
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With every stroke, her leather boot creaked under the weight of her leg.
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His face flushed with annoyance, and taking off his soft hat he began to beat it impatiently against his leg as he walked.
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Here were the sources (in part) of the Po and of the Rhine, but I was rather in haste to bid the former good-bye.
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"Yes," said Punch, lifted up in his father's arms to wave good-bye.
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He usually seizes his prey by the flank near the hind leg, or by the throat below the jaw.
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Good-bye, then, Miss Warrender; parting is such sweet sorrow, I e'en could say good-bye until to-morrow.
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British Dictionary definitions for leg bye

leg bye

noun

cricket a run scored after the ball has hit the batsman's leg or some other part of his body, except his hand, without touching the batAbbreviation: lb

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