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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
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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