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wrong 'un

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wrong 'un
n Informal
1. a dishonest or unscrupulous person
2. (Team Sports / Cricket) Cricket chiefly Austral another term for googly
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Noun1.wrong 'un - a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way
bosie, bosie ball, googly
bowling - (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman


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And yet the French statesmen and soldiers went on as if they knew he wasn't a wronged man but simply a wrong 'un.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
"Yes," he continued, "this is loot, and the wrong 'un will out.
Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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