single wicket

single wicket EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of single wicket First recorded in 1730–40 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for single wicket Historical Examples of single wicket

I should like to play somebody a single-wicket cricket match, with a dog and a seal to field for me.

The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893

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I have frequently heard of a dog being engaged to field in a single-wicket cricket match.

The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893

Various

Was this match, we want to know, a single-wicket game between the Sussex player and H. Wilson?

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 30th, 1920

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