Hector protector

noun

A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder; a box.

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nounHector protector (plural Hector protectors)

plural Hector protectors

  1. slangball gamesA hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder; a box.

    Vaseline in the cricket shoes, chilli powder in his hector protector, that sort of thing is Australian cricket's natural method of correction.

    2004 March 12, The Chaser, Sydney, page 20, column 3
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