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yorker¹

  • /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/ UK

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Possibly from 18th- and 19th-century slang phrase "to pull Yorkshire on a person", meaning to trick or deceive them. Compare come Yorkshire over.

noun yorkers

  1. A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease. He bowled forty-seven toe crushing yorkers that resulted in the wickets of 6 batsmen.

    Similar: sandshoe crusher, tice

Yorker²

  • /ˈjɔːkə/ UK
  • /ˈjɔɹkɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From York + -er (“inhabitant”).

noun Yorkers

  1. Someone from York, England.

Yorker³

  • /ˈjɔːkə/ UK
  • /ˈjɔɹkɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From (New) York + -er (“person associated with”).

noun Yorkers

  1. historical An inhabitant of Vermont who took the position that Vermont was by rights a part of the state of New York during the dispute over the status of Vermont in the 1770s and 1780s.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: york, sandshoe crusher, bouncer, tice, pace bowler, bump ball, popping crease, block, quick, grubber, return crease, bean ball, jaffa, stock ball, rough, creeper

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"yorker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yorker.

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@misc{yorker_2026,
  title = {yorker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yorker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}