mid on

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noun Cricket.

the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.

the fielder occupying this position.

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Also called mid wicket on.

Origin of mid on

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby mid on

midnight oil, midnight sun, midnoon, mid-ocean ridge, mid off, mid on, midpoint, midrange, midrash, midrib, midriff

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How to use mid on in a sentence

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
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We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
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I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
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Monsieur Farival thought that Victor should have been taken out in mid-ocean in his earliest youth and drowned.
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While she flitted into the next room to fetch a stamp, Mrs. Haughstone, her needles arrested in mid-air, looked steadily at Tom.
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British Dictionary definitions for mid on

mid-on

noun cricket

the fielding position on the on side closest to the bowler

a fielder in this position

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