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military medium

military medium adjective: straight, medium pace (bowling).

Adjective

military medium (not comparable)

  1. Straight, medium pace (bowling).
    • When TV cricket is dull—and even on the Saturday of the Lord's Test most of the bowling was "military medium" and most of the batting was of the prod and push variety—I take refuge in the verbal gymnastics of the commentators.1969, Punch, volume 257
    • A total of 109 was never going to be enough for Cuba, let down by their baseball-style batting again, and they couldn't cope with the military medium bowling of our imbedded Telegraph journalist Tony Francis, another son of Leicester, who made a remarkable five for nineteen, which made his day too.2012, Tom Rodwell, Third Man in Havana

Questions about military medium

What does military medium mean?
Military medium means straight, medium pace (bowling).
What part of speech is military medium?
Military medium is an adjective.

Words near military medium in the dictionary

  1. military load class
  2. military load classes
  3. military load classification
  4. military macaw
  5. military macaws
  6. military medium
  7. military order
  8. military orders
  9. military parade
  10. military parades
  11. military patrol

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