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- noun cricket Plural form of
stump . - noun uncountable, cricket
close of play (when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires) - verb Present participle of
stump .
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Examples
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Sometimes where a candidate stumps is more telling than what they say on the stump.
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This gateway or passage was roofed over, and the rectangular depressions for the reception of cross-beams still contain short stumps, protected from destruction by the masonry.
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We got a board and two stumps from the carpenter's in the village, and we painted it all white, and when that was dry Denny did the words on it.
The Wouldbegoods Edith 1901
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This gateway or passage was roofed over, and the rectangular depressions for the reception of cross-beams still contain short stumps, protected from destruction by the masonry.
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I've given up on having an egg cream since coming to Naples, because the name stumps them every time.
unknown title 2008
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This Kyoto import's inaugural US store's kicking out timepieces from a small shop boasting a window-front watchmakers' nook where they churn out their stock, plus a maple-/fir-accented display area decked out with terrariums, branches, and stumps, which is messed up since if that's what you've got, you probably can't wear a watch.
Thrillist: Dedegumo: Japanese Watches Made Right Before Your Eyes Thrillist 2010
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Their stumps were a stubborn shield of rock that resisted the immense pressures that buckled land into new mountains, and the fiery inner forces that could shake and rend a less stable earth.
The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990
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The wicket was formerly two straight thin batons, called stumps, twenty-two inches high, which were fixed in the ground perpendicularly, six inches apart, and over the top of both was laid a small round piece of wood, called the bail, but so placed as to fall off readily if the stumps were touched by the ball.
The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering William Martin
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The woods have now retreated far back from the road, and at this season the grass and grain are so high that the stumps are all concealed.
Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick, North America Frederick 1845
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Lacking penetration as the back-up hooker to Jake Friend, Riddell called stumps in after 11 games, the club forced to pick up Parramatta youngster Anthony Mitchell in a mid-season transfer.
bilby commented on the word stumps
Cricket jargon - 1. the three sticks which, together with the bails, make up the wicket; 2. the end of a day's play. When the last ball has been bowled and play has been completed the umpire announces, "Stumps."
November 29, 2007