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单词 fireballer
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fireballern.

Brit. /ˈfʌɪəbɔːlə/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌbɔlər/, /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌbɑlər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fireball n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < fireball n. (see sense 4 at that entry) + -er suffix1.
Baseball.
A pitcher with a very fast delivery. Cf. fireball n. 4.
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1928 Anniston (Alabama) Star 13 Dec. 6/3 What wouldn't Joe McCarthy's Cubs do next summer if they could send the big fire-baller out there every four or five days?
1945 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 12 Jan. 7/5 The left-handed fireballer for the world famous St. Louis Cardinals—Max Lanier—has been accepted for service in the American Army.
1980 Boston Globe 1 May 57/3 I was just a fireballer until last spring when the late Freddie Martin who taught Sutter the split-fingered fastball..taught me the change.
2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Apr. d3/4 To Yankees fans who are looking for the old Randy Johnson, the National League fireballer who reduced batters to sawdust, the comments may be a little disconcerting.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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