Definition of Tailender

1. Noun. (cricket) One of the last four or five batsmen in the batting order, normally bowlers with limited batting ability. ¹

2. Noun. (cricket) A poor batsman who bats low in the batting order. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tailender

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailender

tailboards
tailbone
tailbones
tailbud
tailbuds
tailcoat
tailcoated
tailcoats
taildragger
taildraggers
tailed
tailed frog
tailed phage
tailed toad
tailedness
tailender (current term)
tailenders
tailer
taileron
tailerons
tailers
tailfan
tailfans
tailfin
tailfins
tailflower
tailgate
tailgate-party
tailgate parties
tailgate party

Literary usage of Tailender

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ralph's Scrap Book by Edmund Bicknell (1905)
"... and my tone is always humble As I ponder on the things we used to do and on our tumble To inglorious defender Of position of tailender. List. ..."

2. The Great War: A Pictorial History of the 1914-1919 Fight for Freedom and by Thomas Herbert Russell, John Joseph Pershing, John Martin Miller, William Dunseath Eaton (1920)
"... the snn at the rearmost Boche of a Hnn formation, shoot him down if you had the luck, chan- delle or spiral upward and dive again at the next tailender. ..."

3. Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the New York State Pharmaceutical (1901)
"The experiment was so successful that I believe I have been permanently elected as the tailender! Now, I want you to understand, ladies and gentlemen, ..."

4. Ralph's Scrap Book by Edmund Bicknell (1905)
"... and my tone is always humble As I ponder on the things we used to do and on our tumble To inglorious defender Of position of tailender. List. ..."

5. The Great War: A Pictorial History of the 1914-1919 Fight for Freedom and by Thomas Herbert Russell, John Joseph Pershing, John Martin Miller, William Dunseath Eaton (1920)
"... the snn at the rearmost Boche of a Hnn formation, shoot him down if you had the luck, chan- delle or spiral upward and dive again at the next tailender. ..."

6. Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the New York State Pharmaceutical (1901)
"The experiment was so successful that I believe I have been permanently elected as the tailender! Now, I want you to understand, ladies and gentlemen, ..."

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