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tail-ender

tail-ender is the alternative form of tailender.

Meaning of tailender

Noun

tailender (plural tailenders)

  1. One of the last four or five batsmen in the batting order, normally bowlers with limited batting ability; a member of the tail.
    • The Bushrangers moved a step closer to securing a berth in the final when tailenders Damien Wright and Clint McKay posted a century stand on day two, which gave the Vics a first-innings 400.2009 January 31, Michael Horan, “Andrew McDonald strikes early for Victoria”, in Herald Sun

Forms of tail-ender

pluraltail-enders

Origin of tail-ender

From tail-end + -er.

Questions about tail-ender

What is tail-ender the alternative form of?
Tail-ender is the alternative form of tailender.

Words near tail-ender in the dictionary

  1. tail-buzzer
  2. tail-buzzers
  3. tail-end
  4. Tail-End Charlie
  5. Tail-End Charlies
  6. tail-ender
  7. tail-enders
  8. tail-ends
  9. tail-gate
  10. tail-gates
  11. tail-gut

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