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Definition of Googlies
1. googly [n] - See also: googly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Googlies
Literary usage of Googlies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mr. Punch's History of Modern England by Charles Larcom Graves (1922)
"... "googlies" A volume he'd easily fill. This was before the aeroplane and the
motor had infected schoolboys with a passion for mechanics, ..."
2. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1914)
"... it is highly improbable that a cricketer will be found to court being invited
by his captain to bear the heat and burden of the day with fast googlies. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... besides assisting powerfully with the bat, became famous for inaugurating a
new style of curly bowling (" googlies ") of a very effective type. some ..."
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