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"to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way."
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"(cricket) to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way."
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"ref": "2013, Breaking Bad (TV series), \"Blood Money\" (episode)",
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"To vomit."
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"(slang) To vomit."
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"To vomit."
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"(slang) To vomit."
],
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