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tailenders

tailenders is the plural 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

Questions about tailenders

What is tailenders the plural of?
Tailenders is the plural of tailender.

Words near tailenders in the dictionary

  1. tailed-e
  2. tailedness
  3. Tailem Bend
  4. tailend
  5. tailender
  6. tailenders
  7. tailends
  8. tailer
  9. taileron
  10. tailerons
  11. tailers

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