clean bowls

A form of clean bowl — To bowl a batsman out with the ball hitting neither the bat nor the pads on the way to the stumps.

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Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of clean bowl
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APA

clean bowls. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clean%20bowls

MLA

“clean bowls.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clean%20bowls. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clean bowls,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clean%20bowls.

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