Meaning & use
Bosey
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In cricket, a deceptive delivery bowled by a right-arm leg-spin bowler that looks like it will spin one way but instead spins the other (also called a googly).
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The batsman was completely fooled by the bowler's bosey.
Few spinners can disguise a bosey as well as the great leg-spinners of the past.
A note on using this word
The delivery — and its name — comes from B. J. T. Bosanquet, the English cricketer who popularized the trick delivery in the early 1900s; "bosey" (also spelled "bosie") is especially common in Australian cricket commentary.
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googlywrong'un
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