单词 | soft second |
释义 | > as lemmassoft second ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > player bowler?1518 timber-turner1599 sidesman1843 ground-bowler1874 soft second1905 1905 Harmsworth Encycl. II. 884/1 Usually a side [in flat-green bowling] is composed of four players, each with a distinct function... The second has to do as he is told. A captain will play his weakest man here (hence the phrase, the ‘soft second’). 1912 J. A. Manson Compl. Bowler viii. 121 I played second (‘the soft second’) in the rink skipped by my friend. < as lemmas |
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