leggie
Britishnoun
-
a leg break
-
a bowler of leg breaks
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
You would have thought Josh would have been adept at dealing with a part-time leggie at home with his dad!
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024
To suggest it has been a straightforward trajectory from there to becoming Australia's most successful finger spinner - only leggie Shane Warne has taken more wickets - would be wide of the mark.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2023
There will only ever be one Shane Warne but in Alana King we do now have another leggie - wearing yellow - to marvel at for the rest of The Hundred and beyond.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2022
Slapped around by Richie Richardson in Perth in February, Warne was averaging 50 with the ball after nine matches and might have looked an eminently droppable 22-year-old leggie to English eyes.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2013
They left out a front-line spinner who has two recent centuries to his name, Nathan Hauritz, for a No6 they kidded themselves was a Test leggie, Steve Smith.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2010
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
