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Wrong 'un

noun
1.
A cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way.  Synonyms: bosie, bosie ball, googly.






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"Wrong 'un" Quotes from Famous Books



... not. [A pause] By Jove, I don't like losing this case. I don't like the admission we backed such a wrong 'un. ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... said that his profile seemed familiar to her, that perhaps she had seen him about London. Her departure from the restaurant had been strangely abrupt. Perhaps—could she have recognized Arabian after he, Craven, had left her alone and had gone to speak to Miss Van Tuyn? The man looked a wrong 'un. Craven felt certain he was a wrong 'un. But if so, surely Lady Sellingworth could not know him, or even know anything about him. There was something so remote and distinguished about her life, her solitary, retired life. She did not come in ...
— December Love • Robert Hichens

... she isn't!" I said. "What bothers me, of course, is that I hate to think of her being mixed up with anything shady. The Deloras may be great people in their own country, but I'll swear that our friend here is a wrong 'un." ...
— The Lost Ambassador - The Search For The Missing Delora • E. Phillips Oppenheim



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