bowler
noun/ˈbəʊlə(r)/
/ˈbəʊlər/
- (in cricket) a player who throws the ball towards the batterTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- fast
- pace
- quick
- …
- bowl (something)
- take something
- (also bowler hat)(both especially British English)(North American English usually derby)a hard black hat with a curved brim and round top, worn, for example, in the past by men in business in BritainTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
Word Originsense 2 mid 19th cent.: named after William Bowler, the English hat maker who designed it in 1850.
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