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long leg

noun

cricket

a fielding position on the leg side near the boundary almost directly behind the batsman's wicket
a fielder in this position

Words nearby long leg

long jenny, long johns, long jump, long jumper, long lease, long leg, long list, long march, long mark, long measure, long metre

Example sentences from the Web for long leg

Then Coates was caught at long-leg, and retired, covered with glory, in favour of Tipper.

The Willoughby Captains |Talbot Baines Reed
But the other batsman, seeing the ball go right into long-leg's hands like a bullet, cried, "Back!"

A Terrible Temptation |Charles Reade