scorer English
Noun
( en noun)
One who scores.
- Shearer finished among the top ten goal scorers''' in 10 out of his 14 seasons in the Premier League and won the top '''scorer title three times.
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One who scores: a scorekeeper.
- The team was making goals so fast the scorer could barely keep up.
(cricket) Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls
Related terms
* scoreboard
* scorebox
* trouble the scorers
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notcher English
Etymology 1
. Cricket scorers originally kept score by making notches in wood.
Noun
( en noun)
One who makes notches.
(cricket) A scorer.
Etymology 2
From a contraction of not your, as in "notcher balls/pussy, notcher ass."
Noun
( en noun)
(slang) The perineum.
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