As he tried to pass between a man in red and a man in blue, two pole-ends were pushed under his belly in an attempt to hoick him back. But Tarka slipped off the shillet-burnished iron and broke the stickle.
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Hoick
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I smashed my way to 70-odd in about half a dozen overs and when I got served a short one I hoicked it away high over mid wicket.
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