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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Aamer Jamal had his middle stump uprooted in Greaves' next over as the seamer speared one through his defences.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
If there is a question to be answered about England's side, it is who will fill the seamer slots in the XI.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Buttler hinted at a return to form with 36 from 21 balls before he was yorked by Prince Yadav, the seamer replacing leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
With their tournament over, this defeat brought down the curtain on the New Zealand careers of Bates, Devine and seamer Lea Tahuhu who are all retiring from international cricket.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 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 Charles Knight
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