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bodylines

bodylines is the plural of bodyline.

Meaning of bodyline

Adjective

bodyline (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Designating a form of bowling (now against the rules) characterised by fast, short-pitched balls aimed at the batsman's body or leg stump rather than the wicket.
    • The Cousins changed the game entirely, said the blimpish fellow: much as he might have deplored power tennis or bodyline bowling.1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 3

Questions about bodylines

What is bodylines the plural of?
Bodylines is the plural of bodyline.

Words near bodylines in the dictionary

  1. bodylessness
  2. bodylike
  3. bodyline
  4. bodyliner
  5. bodyliners
  6. bodylines
  7. bodymaker
  8. bodymakers
  9. bodymaking
  10. bodyman
  11. bodymass

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