under-runnern.
/ˈʌndəˌrʌnə/, U.S. /ˈəndə(r)ˌrənər/ 1. Printing. (See quot. 1888.)
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1882 J. Southward Pract. Printing (1884) 249 Underrunners..are very unsightly and should be avoided.
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 149 Under runners, continuation of side-notes run under the foot of the page in a similar manner to a foot-note.
2. Cricket. A batter who makes too few runs for his hits.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman > types of batsman
sticker1832
short runner1833
punisher1846
slogger1850
blocker1851
cutter1851
swiper1853
top scorer1860
stick1863
left-hander1864
smiter1878
centurion1886
driver1888
pad-player1888
poker1888
spectacle-maker1893
back-player1897
hooker1900
under-runner1903
puller1911
square cutter1920
straight driver1925
stroke-maker1927
goose-gamer1928
stroke-player1935
flasher1936
sweeper1961
tonker1977
1903 Windsor Mag. Sept. 394/1 Marshall, a confirmed under-runner at the best, was so nervous..that he crawled between the wickets.
3. A subterranean stream. New Zealand.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > underground
swallet1668
katavothron1820
under-runner1921
society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > type or size of footnotes or sidenotes
remove1836
under-runner1921
1921 H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira v. 34 At last there is created a subterranean stream, or, in shepherd's phrase, an ‘under-runner’.
1949 F. Sargeson I saw in my Dream ii. xiv. 211 It had been one of those under-runners, with the opening all grown over with biddy-bid.
1959 Mother Earth Jan. 428 On the down (lower) country, the problem is one of water retention rather than erosion, though there are some bad cases of the latter, consisting mainly of ‘under-runners’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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