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I guess that it is tennis balls that are kept at this temperature at Wimbledon. Too warm and they bounce too high and not warm enough a low bounce.
What might you wear for "a twelve-month and a day"?
PS. This is a music question.
PS. This is a music question.
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yorkshirehornet
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...ah that explains it.... and i thought it was my age.......
As per usual - get it right when I'm unprepared.
Ok. Which famous cricket writer said of which slow bowler - 'He bowls like a millionaire.' And compared him to his compatriot who ' bowled like a miser'.
This bowler didn't care too much for figures. Good job, as in one innings, he conceded over 360 runs.
I know that's not much to go on, so here is something else. This bowler once bowled to his childhood hero, and had him stumped - by a perfect googly. He said later, 'I felt like a boy who had killed a dove'. So. who was the writer, the bowler and the hero ? (The compatriot isn't necessary!)
If it's all too obscure, I'll lead you on...
All part of Australian cricketing folklore:
Writer - English cricket correspondent Neville Cardus
Bowler - Aussie Arthur Mailey
Hero - Aussie Victor Trumper
And for good measure, the compatriot was Kiwi-born Aussie Clarrie Grimmett - inventor of the 'flipper'.
Writer - English cricket correspondent Neville Cardus
Bowler - Aussie Arthur Mailey
Hero - Aussie Victor Trumper
And for good measure, the compatriot was Kiwi-born Aussie Clarrie Grimmett - inventor of the 'flipper'.
And I thought that was difficult!
I recommend Arthur Maileys autobiography ‘10 for 66 and all that’. One of the best sporting biographies I have ever read.
Anyway-well done. Over to you.
I recommend Arthur Maileys autobiography ‘10 for 66 and all that’. One of the best sporting biographies I have ever read.
Anyway-well done. Over to you.
I might just see if I can find a copy...
In linguistics, what type of word is spatula?
yorkshirehornet
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No. The word I'm looking for could be described as a subset under homograph. It possibly could be described as diminutive as there are very few words in the subset. Another example in the subset is the word aunt..
yorkshirehornet
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yorkshirehornet
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Quite a few if you're thinking English women - and a whole heap if you're thinking men of any nationality.
yorkshirehornet
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yorkshirehornet
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