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longstop

longstop is the alternative spelling of long stop.

Meaning of long stop

Noun

long stop (plural long stops)

  1. A fielding position, now confined to the amateur game, behind the wicket-keeper (so as to retrieve balls that the wicket-keeper misses); a fielder in this position

Forms of longstop

plurallongstops

Questions about longstop

What is longstop the alternative spelling of?
Longstop is the alternative spelling of long stop.

Words near longstop in the dictionary

  1. longstandingness
  2. Longstanton
  3. longstaves
  4. longstemmed
  5. Longstock
  6. longstop
  7. longstops
  8. Longstreet
  9. Longstreets
  10. Longstreth
  11. Longstreths

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