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yorker

/ˈjɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/ noun C2
  1. A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease. · He bowled forty-seven toe crushing yorkers that resulted in the wickets of 6 batsmen.

Plural yorkers

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The oldest New Yorker among the thousands of spectators that lined the sidewalks had not witnessed a street blockade of the proportions of this one.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 13 · C1

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