seamer
Britishnoun
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a person or thing that seams
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another name for seam bowler
Example Sentences
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Captain Ben Stokes and pace bowler Gus Atkinson have been made unavailable for the second Test following an incident in a nightclub following the first Test, while seamer Ollie Robinson is injured.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
The batters' struggles were exemplified by a delivery from New Zealand seamer Matt Henry that barely bounced above ankle height and cannoned into the stumps, giving England's Jacob Bethell's no chance.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
In an electric atmosphere, the Sussex seamer completed a triple-wicket maiden by having Rachin Ravindra lbw to the first ball he faced.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Stokes did reveal that Ollie Robinson and Gus Atkinson are in line to take the new ball, meaning the uncapped Sonny Baker would be the seamer to miss out if England opt for Bashir.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
The frame-worker, in many cases, makes the knit-work in a piece adapted for a stocking, and does not make a finished stocking; the seamer makes the stocking out of the piece so produced.
From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles
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