beamern.
/ˈbiːmə/, U.S. /ˈbimər/ 1. A person who works with a beam; e.g. one who arranges yarn on the beam of the loom.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > preparing warp > rolling warp on beam > one who
beamer1879
1879 Temple Bar LV. 453 You must find some one else to overlook the beamers.
1884 Graham in U.P. Mag. July 350 Crofters, beamers, weavers, and traders came forward.
2. A person who beams or smiles broadly.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [noun] > one who smiles
smilerc1405
dimpler1713
beamer1857
1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xxxii. 603 The form of words which that benevolent beamer generally employed..‘everything had been satisfactory to all parties’.
1893 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 11 Mar. 28/2 I..tried to beam on a friend—albeit, a poor beamer at the best.
3. in Cricket (see quot. 1961).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball
full toss1826
long hop1830
twister1832
bail ball1833
bailer1833
grubber1837
slow ball1838
wide1838
ground ball1839
shooter1843
slower ball1846
twiddler1847
creeper1848
lob1851
sneak1851
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slow1854
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daisy-cutter1857
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yorker1861
sharpshooter1863
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grub1870
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lob ball1880
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finger-spinner1920
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Chinaman1929
overspinner1930
tweaker1938
riser1944
leg-cutter1949
seamer1952
leggy1954
off-cutter1955
squatter1955
flipper1959
lifter1959
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beamer1961
loosener1962
doosra1999
1961 F. C. Avis Sportsman's Gloss. 111/2 Beamer, a ball aimed high by the bowler, often to the height of the batsman's head.
1962 Times 21 Mar. 4/3 Let us not confuse orthodox fast bowling with bouncers and beamers.
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