rib roaster
/ˈrɪbˌrəʊstə/slang. Now rare
noun
Sport ( Cricket and Baseball ). A ball bowled or pitched so as to strike the ribs. Now archaic.
Origin
Late 18th century (in an earlier sense). From rib-roast + -er.
- children's rights
- child restraint
- child-ridden
- child seat
- child's-eye view
- child's game
- childship
- child-size
- child-sized
- child's part
- child's play
- child's pose
- child star
- child study
- child support
- Child Support Agency
- child trafficker
- child trafficking
- child welfare
- childwife
- childwite
- child within
- child-woman
- child worker
- Chile