Bowler
a person who bowl, especially a participant in a bowling game, as candlepins or tenpins.
Cricket. the player who throws the ball to be played by the batsman.
derby (def 5).
Contemporary Examples
Braving the Atlas Shrugged Crowd Allen Barra April 16, 2011
Bonfire of the Inanities Christopher Buckley March 21, 2009
Alexander Iolas: The Secret King of Surrealism Justin Jones March 6, 2014
Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks: The Science Behind Winning Clark Merrefield February 17, 2012
Historical Examples
From sketch-book and diary Elizabeth Butler
Five Tales John Galsworthy
Quick Action Robert W. Chambers
Parkhurst Boys Talbot Baines Reed
The Silver Box (First Series Plays) John Galsworthy
Aaron’s Rod D. H. Lawrence
noun
one who bowls in cricket
a player at the game of bowls
noun
a stiff felt hat with a rounded crown and narrow curved brim US and Canadian name derby
noun
(Dublin, dialect) a dog
n.
Read Also:
- Bowles
Chester, 1901–86, U.S. statesman and author: special adviser on Afro-Asian and Latin-American affairs; ambassador to India 1951–53, 1963–69. Paul (Frederic) 1910?–1999, U.S. novelist and composer. Samuel, 1826–78, U.S. journalist. Contemporary Examples Debt Deal’s Winners & Losers Daniel Stone August 1, 2011 Alexander McQueen Exhibit: Fashion’s Big Night Robin Givhan, Jacob Bernstein May 2, 2011 Simpson-Bowles […]
- Bowlike
a flexible strip of wood or other material, bent by a string stretched between its ends, for shooting arrows: He drew the bow and sent the arrow to its target. an instrument resembling this, used for various purposes, as rotating a drill or spindle, or loosening entangled or matted fibers. a bend or curve. Also […]
- Bowlful
as much as a bowl can hold: He ate two bowlfuls of soup. Contemporary Examples Jon Stewart and ‘Meet The Press’ Would Have Been One Unhappy Marriage Lloyd Grove October 8, 2014 Historical Examples Original Short Stories, Volume 7 (of 13) Guy de Maupassant The Crimson Fairy Book Various Our Journey to the Hebrides Joseph […]
- Bowling
any of several games in which players standing at one end of an alley or green roll balls at standing objects or toward a mark at the other end, especially a game in which a heavy ball is rolled from one end of a wooden alley at wooden pins set up at the opposite end. […]
- Bowling-alley
a long, narrow wooden lane or alley, for the game of tenpins. a building or enclosed area containing a number of such lanes or alleys. Historical Examples The Life of King Edward VII J. Castell Hopkins A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 (of 15) Robert Dodsley Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume […]