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Yorker

//ˈjɔɹkɚ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.

    "He bowled forty-seven toe crushing yorkers that resulted in the wickets of 6 batsmen."

  2. 2
    Someone from York, England.
  3. 3
    An inhabitant of Vermont who took the position that Vermont was by rights a part of the state of New York during the dispute over the status of Vermont in the 1770s and 1780s. historical

Etymology

Etymology 1

Possibly from 18th- and 19th-century slang phrase "to pull Yorkshire on a person", meaning to trick or deceive them. Compare come Yorkshire over.

Etymology 2

From York + -er (“inhabitant”).

Etymology 3

From (New) York + -er (“person associated with”).

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