: a person who bowls
specifically
: the player who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket
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Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Part of a team of two 60-plus-year-old bowlers, Ritchie and his playing partner Kevin Hills beat a field of 100 bowlers and upset a team of 19-year-olds to take the international title.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Clinton wore a blue velvet bowler hat that did not obstruct her face.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Plastic bowler hats in the red and white of the Saint George’s Cross were given out and beer was served in two-pint glasses.
—Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 13 July 2024
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There, his passion for music, audible curiosity about musicianship and visual sense of rhythm keeps bashing all 10 pins, a badger in bowler’s parlance.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Part of a team of two 60-plus-year-old bowlers, Ritchie and his playing partner Kevin Hills beat a field of 100 bowlers and upset a team of 19-year-olds to take the international title.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Clinton wore a blue velvet bowler hat that did not obstruct her face.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Plastic bowler hats in the red and white of the Saint George’s Cross were given out and beer was served in two-pint glasses.
—Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 13 July 2024
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“Bowler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowler. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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