quirks
Example Sentences
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The last ball quirts off Smith’s bum/pad and runs away to fine leg for four leg-byes.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2016
The last ball quirts off Smith’s bum/pad and runs away to fine leg for four leg-byes.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2016
He could tell by the way they used their quirts and sat their horses.
From 'Me--Smith' by Hoskins, Gayle Porter
Whooping, and lashing furiously with their heavy riding quirts, they gradually forced the ponies toward the east.
From Three Sioux Scouts by Gregor, Elmer Russell
Their striped faces grinned gleefully as their quirts rose and fell and their heels hammered their ponies' sides.
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)