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Definition of Pinch hitter

1. Noun. (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter.

Definition of Pinch hitter

1. Noun. (baseball) A substitute batter; one who pinch-hits. ¹

2. Noun. (cricket) An aggressive batsman brought on to score runs quickly, even at the risk of losing his wicket. ¹

3. Noun. (colloquial) An individual who substitutes for another to perform one or more tasks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinch Hitter

Literary usage of Pinch hitter

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

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1979 Mr. Huston was brought in largely as a pinch hitter to help train Miss Hefner —Wendy L. Wall, Wall Street Jour., 21 Feb. 1984 . , . the large number of ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1911)
"If a pitcher is to he taken out of the game and another substituted, a "pinch-hitter" is frequently sent into the game between the two. Thus. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Natural Gas Association of America by Natural Gas Association of America, Meeting (1921)
"But I will try not to forget that I am merely here as a pinch hitter and ... You know it is the duty of the pinch hitter to step modestly forward, ..."

4. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America (1921)
"But I will try not to forget that I am merely here as a pinch hitter and not to ... You know it is the duty of the pinch hitter to step modestly forward, ..."

5. English Composition in Theory and Practice by Henry Seidel Canby, Frederick Erastus Pierce, Henry Noble MacCracken, Alfred Arundel May, Thomas Goddard Wright (1912)
"Smiling Larry Doyle gets his chance as a pinch hitter here too, but it's too tight a pinch for him and out he goes on a pop fly. So the one run is all there ..."

6. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1922)
"To use a slang baseball expression, he is the ''pinch hitter" in almost every crisis. When a big news story "breaks," the order runs: "Get the morgue on the ..."

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