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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In cricket, same as full-pitch.

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Examples

  • It's more of the same rubbish, and Cook clatters a wide full-toss through the covers for four.

    England v Bangladesh - as it happened morning session 2010

  • But two of his wickets came caught on the boundary, profiting from the positioning of Darren Stevens and Peter Trego, and the third was a full-toss which Saha missed when trying to sweep.

    County cricket – as it happened! 2010

  • I felt like a batsman who sees a slow full-toss sailing through the air.

    Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel 1928

  • The slow left-armer began his spell with an unpromising full-toss, dispatched for four past midwicket by Dogar, but put himself in the last column for the first time when he had Fawad Alam looping a catch to short midwicket off bat and pad.

    WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2012

  • A full-toss on leg-stump and Hussey smashed it way back into the crowd over mid-wicket.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Stuart Broad immediately replaced Swann at the city end, and let go a full-toss first ball which Tendulkar guided past point for four.

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

  • Stuart Broad immediately replaced Swann at the city end, and let go a full-toss first ball which Tendulkar guided past point for four.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • Panesar began his day with an unpromising full-toss, dispatched for four past midwicket by Dogar, but put himself in the last column for the first time when he had Fawad Alam looping a catch to short midwicket off bat and pad.

    WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2012

  • But boundaries were very hard to come by - Kohli could not muster a single one off 63 balls - and Gambhir eventually went in odd circumstances, bamboozled lbw by a slower-ball full-toss from Jade Dernbach.

    WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011

  • Stuart Broad immediately replaced Swann at the city end, and let go a full-toss first ball which Tendulkar guided past point for four.

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

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