Meanings
noundibbly-dobbler (plural dibbly-dobblers)
plural dibbly-dobblers
- ball gamesA medium-paced bowler.
Sri Lanka's seamers, like their dibbly-dobblers of yesteryear, gave the speedometer a day off, their deliveries rarely touching 80mph.
2006 May 11, Charlie Austin, “Sri Lanka's defective Plan B: What went wrong for Sri Lanka on the first day at Lord's”, in Cricinfo, archived from the original on 07 May 2016Synonyms: dibbly-dobbly
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA medium-paced bowler.
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nounA medium-paced delivery.
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