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long stop

noun, verb — 2 senses

long stop

nounalso spelled long-stop
1

Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports 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

long-stop

verb
1

Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To field in the role of long stop.

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