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Barmy Army

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  • proper noun cricket an organised group of cricket fans which organises touring parties of its members to follow the English cricket team on all of its overseas tours

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Examples

  • Among a host of new recruits for the Barmy Army was the 682nd Lord Mayor of London Nick

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • "I would be in the thick of the 'Barmy Army' with a pint and singing away with the rest of them."

    Freddie savours Ashes triumph 2009

  • years, and witness the bizarre sight of the victorious team doing the Sprinkler Dance, impersonating water sprinklers before a delirious troupe of outrageously attired travelling cricket tragics known as the Barmy Army - the bulk of whose members had spent the entire game chanting that the Australians were convicts and questioning the virtue of Kylie Minogue.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • The win also sparked delirium among the several thousand-strong "Barmy Army" of

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • Asked whether his England would be intimidated by the spectacle of the event, Ponting joked: There'll probably be 20 or 30 thousand 'Barmy Army' supporters here but I'd like to think this venue's probably one venue where they might get drowned out a little bit.

    BBC News - Home 2010

  • Asked whether his England would be intimidated by the spectacle of the event, Ponting joked: There'll probably be 20 or 30 thousand 'Barmy Army' supporters here but I'd like to think this venue's probably one venue where they might get drowned out a little bit.

    BBC News - Home 2010

  • English 'Barmy Army' and Australian cricket fans this summer.

    iTnews Australia 2010

  • English 'Barmy Army' and Australian cricket fans this summer.

    iTnews Australia 2010

  • The England players embraced and pumped their fists in the air upon the final wicket as thunderous cheers rang out from England's "Barmy Army" of supporters who had sung joyously throughout the morning at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • As for English supporters from the famed "Barmy Army" (as the travelling English cricket supporters are commonly known as), yesterday's hot weather was the perfect time to mix supporting their team with some hours in the sun getting a Caribbean tan.

    newsday.co.tt 2009

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