Bosey

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A googly. obsolete

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artificeblindbluffcatchchicanerycurve

Etymology

Named after English cricketer Bernard Bosanquet who toured Australia for the 1903/4 summer; + -y. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 4, page 248.)

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