: a person who bowls
specifically
: the player who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket
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Joelle Diderich, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
So, apart from being the world’s number one bowler, how would Ecclestone like to be remembered?
—Colette Earley, refinery29.com, 24 June 2024
Several other bowlers have since adopted this method.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Aug. 2024
On New Year’s Eve, which became one of Garten’s biggest days of the year, employees dressed in bow ties and bowler hats to look like Fosse dancers and poured champagne for celebrity clientele.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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Featuring 170 hats, the show toggles between the Anglo and French influences in his work: a Union Jack bowler hat here, an Eiffel Tower fascinator made of swirling black ribbons there.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
So, apart from being the world’s number one bowler, how would Ecclestone like to be remembered?
—Colette Earley, refinery29.com, 24 June 2024
Several other bowlers have since adopted this method.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Aug. 2024
On New Year’s Eve, which became one of Garten’s biggest days of the year, employees dressed in bow ties and bowler hats to look like Fosse dancers and poured champagne for celebrity clientele.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Bowler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowler. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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