wicket-keepn.
/ˈwɪkɪtkiːp/, U.S. /ˈwɪkᵻtˌkip/ colloquial.
= wicketkeeper n.
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1867 John Lillywhite's Cricketers' Compan. (ed. 23) 107 [He] promises very well as a wicket-keep.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 7 July 3/1 One of these days [he] will be as good a batsman as he is a wicket-keep.
1912 Sat. Rev. 15 June 739/1 Reid was a first-rate wicket-keep.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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ˈwicket-keep
ˈwicket-keep v. [as a back-formation] (intransitive) to keep wicket.
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1891 W. G. Grace Cricket v. 138 Lillywhite was bowling and I was wicket-keeping.
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