yorker

British  

/ ˈjɔːkə /

noun

1. cricket a ball bowled so as to pitch just under or just beyond the bat

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Etymology

Origin of yorker

C19: probably named after the Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Example Sentences

“Mike started the idea that you can go out in this landscape and make work that is sublime,” Michael Govan, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, told the New Yorker in 2016.

From The Wall Street Journal

The New Yorker has estimated the family’s total profiteering to be worth around $4 billion, with the lion’s share coming from the Gulf monarchies.

From Salon

In a New Yorker article last year by a college professor, students characterized AI-enabled cheating as a widespread and resourceful way to avoid wasting time on material that didn’t interest them.

From Los Angeles Times

And it is, also, ridiculous on its face: A lifelong New Yorker shopping in heels on Fifth Avenue?

From The Wall Street Journal

The New Yorker then landed a job with the underground hip-hop radio show, “The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show,” which has been credited with introducing audiences to artists such as Biggie Smalls, Eminem, Jay-Z, the Wu-Tang Clan and the Fugees.

From Los Angeles Times