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Hector protectors

Hector protectors is the plural of Hector protector.

Meaning of Hector protector

Noun

Hector protector (plural Hector protectors)

  1. (slang) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder; a box.
    • Vaseline in the cricket shoes, chilli powder in his hector protector, that sort of thing is Australian cricket's natural method of correction.2004 March 12, The Chaser, Sydney, page 20, column 3

Questions about Hector protectors

What is Hector protectors the plural of?
Hector protectors is the plural of Hector protector.

Words near Hector protectors in the dictionary

  1. hectopascal
  2. hectopsyllid
  3. hectopsyllids
  4. hector
  5. Hector protector
  6. Hector protectors
  7. Hector's dolphin
  8. Hectorean
  9. hectored
  10. hectorer
  11. hectorers

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