- Texas leaguer
- noun Etymology: Texas League, a baseball minor league Date: 1903 a fly in baseball that falls too far out to be caught by an infielder and too close in to be caught by an outfielder
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Texas leaguer
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Texas Leaguer — Tex as Leagu er [From the Texas (baseball) League.] (Baseball) A short fly that falls too far out to be handled by an infielder and too close in to be caught by an outfielder; called also {Texas league single}. [Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Texas leaguer — ☆ Texas leaguer n. [after the Texas (baseball) League] Baseball a fly ball that falls in fair territory between the infield and outfield … English World dictionary
Texas leaguer — Baseball. a pop fly that falls safely between converging infielders and outfielders. [1900 05] * * * … Universalium
Texas leaguer — noun A weakly hit fly ball that drops between the infielders and outfielders for a hit; a flare … Wiktionary
Texas leaguer — Tex′as lea guer n. spo a pop fly in baseball that falls safely between converging infielders and outfielders • Etymology: 1900–05, amer … From formal English to slang
texas leaguer — A person of minor importance (baseball) … American business jargon
Texas leaguer — noun (baseball) a fly ball that falls between and infielder and an outfielder • Topics: ↑baseball, ↑baseball game • Hypernyms: ↑fly, ↑fly ball … Useful english dictionary
Texas — Mexican province, briefly an independent nation and now a U.S. state, from Sp. Texas, Tejas, earlier pronounced ta shas, originally an ethnic name, from Caddo (eastern Texas Indian tribe) taysha friends, allies, written by the Spanish as a plural … Etymology dictionary
Texas league single — Texas Leaguer Tex as Leagu er [From the Texas (baseball) League.] (Baseball) A short fly that falls too far out to be handled by an infielder and too close in to be caught by an outfielder; called also {Texas league single}. [Cant] [Webster 1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Texas League — Infobox sports league pixels = 150px caption = Texas League logo sport = Baseball founded = 1902 motto = teams = 8 country = USA champion = Arkansas Travelers folded = website = [http://www.texas league.com/ Official Website] The Texas League is… … Wikipedia
