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flanker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flanker back |
| Type of | back |
| Derivation | flank |
flanker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | soldier |
| Derivation | flank |
Examples of flanker
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The 23-year-old flanker believes he has benefited from working with Andy McCann.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Victor Vito scored his first try for the All Blacks playing at openside flanker.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The home flanker visiting the sin bin for the manner in which this was achieved.
From the middevonstar.co.uk
There was a setback when flanker Cam O'Connor was yellow carded for retaliating.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
It's a call Deans never made with decorated former Wallaby flanker George Smith.
From the couriermail.com.au
The flanker Tom Wood was sidelined for eight months and unsure about his future.
From the guardian.co.uk
It took a flanker, Justin Tipuric, to bring a flourish to Wales's back division.
From the guardian.co.uk
Lancaster, though, believes the Harlequins flanker is perfect for the challenge.
From the guardian.co.uk
Dennis Seidenberg blocked four shots while his flanker, Tomas Kaberle, had one.
From the bostonherald.com
- Flanker back: a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
- A soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
- A Wide Receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. ...
- A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards. ...
- Fireflight is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers franchise. They are all Autobots who turn into jets.
- (Flankers) Application in which circle top window is placed along the side (flanked with) straight glass windows on each side. The circle top is covered with an arch and the side straight glass windows are flanked with crossheads.
- (Flankers) The two members to the right and left, behind a point person, who make up a tracking team.
- (Flankers) The two stones which adjoin the prostrate stone in a recumbent stone circle. The flankers are often the tallest stones in the circle
- (flankers) soldiers detailed to protect the sides of a marching column.
