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bosie Austral.|ˈbəʊzɪ|
Also bosey.
[Hypocoristic f. the name of B. J. T. Bosanquet, an English cricketer: see -ie.]
= googly n. Also attrib., as bosie ball, bosie bowler, bosie bowling.
1912Australasian 2 Mar. 481/2 Then he lifted the ‘Bosie’ bowler high to the on. 1920E. R. Wilson in P. F. Warner Cricket ii. 74 The ‘googly’ or ‘Bosie ball’ as it was afterwards christened in Australia. 1927Observer 13 Feb. 23/6 The finest exponent of ‘Bosie’ bowling in the world. 1930C. V. Grimmett Getting Wickets i. 22 It was at this time that I learned to bowl the ‘bosie’ or ‘googly’—an off-break with a leg-break action. 1954A. G. Moyes Austral. Batsmen xiv. 186 The changes in bowling style and tactics..from off⁓spin to speed, to ‘boseys’. |