Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Donkey-drops
subs. phr. (cricket).—See quot.
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1890. THE HON. AND REV. E. LYTTELTON, Cricket, p. 69. Slow round-hand bowling, such as is seldom seen in good matches, but is effective against boys, and is known by the contumelious designation of DONKEY-DROPS.
