fourern.
/ˈfɔːrə/ Cricket.
A hit from which four runs are scored. (No longer current.)
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seven1765
four1837
single1851
five1859
sevener1862
sixer1870
fourer1875
two1881
twoer1887
thirteener1893
six1920
Dorothy Dix1979
1875 Field 8 May 458/1 Boys made a ‘fourer’.
1901 R. H. Lyttelton Out-door Games 14 The public only applaud him [sc. the batsman] when he hits a fourer.
1927 Observer 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1875- to have the weather of
- to have the whip hand
- to have the whip hand of
- to have the wind at will
- to have the wind in one's face
- to have the wit to
- to have the wite
- to have the wood on
- to have the world at one's feet
- to have the worse
- to have the worse end of the staff
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- to have the worst
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- to have the wrong
- to have the wrong end of the stick
- to have the wrong pig by the ear
- to have the wrong pig by the tail
- to have things one's own way
- to have things one's way
- to have thoughts
- to have thoughts of
- to have tickets on