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fourer Cricket.|ˈfɔərə(r)|
[f. four + -er1.]
A hit from which four runs are scored. (No longer current.)
1875Field 8 May 458/1 Boys made a ‘fourer’. 1901R. H. Lyttelton Out-door Games 14 The public only applaud him [sc. the batsman] when he hits a fourer. 1927Observer 29 May 28/5 At the other end I'll make old Brown bowl full half-volleys wide of the off-stump and have an outer ring of three to save the fourers. |