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BOSIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bosie mean? 

BOSIE (noun)
  The noun BOSIE has 1 sense:

1. a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite wayplay

  Familiarity information: BOSIE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOSIE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bosie; bosie ball; googly; wrong 'un

Hypernyms ("bosie" is a kind of...):

bowling ((cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman)


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