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Little Leaguer, n. Baseball.
Brit. |ˈlɪtl ˌliːgə|, |ˌlɪtl ˈliːgə|, U.S. |ˈlɪdə(l) ˈˌligər|
[‹ little adj. + leaguer n.2, after Little League n.]
A player in a Little League.
1949Sat. Evening Post 14 May 137/1 The Little Leaguers sometimes outdraw the professional Williamsport Tigers. 1963M. Wills It pays to Steal vi. 52 Pete started me from scratch—almost like a manager would do with a nine-year-old Little Leaguer. 1994D. Halberstam Oct. 1964 (1995) vii. 89 Jerry Coleman thought it made the rest of the hits in the game look like those of Little Leaguers. 2001Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 22 May (Metro section) 1 Plans for a new school in Lemont have thrown a curve at the village's Little Leaguers, who have used fields on the proposed building site for decades. |