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longstop

noun

Meaning

  1. A fielding position, now confined to the amateur game, behind the wicket-keeper (so as to retrieve balls that the wicket-keeper misses); a fielder in this position

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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