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not cricket

Unfair, unsportsmanlike, as in It's not cricket to let him go without notice. This term, in which the sport of cricket is equated with upright behavior, survives in America despite the relative unfamiliarity of the sport there. [Mid-1800s]

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Nearby words

not breathe a word, not built that way, not by a long shot, not by any means, not circuit, not cricket, not done, not enough room to swing a cat, not feel oneself, not for a moment, not for all the tea in china
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