A versatile word with several concrete meanings across different English-speaking contexts. In cricket, a trundler is a steady but unspectacular bowler — someone who reliably gets the ball down the pitch without the pace or swing to trouble batsmen much. More broadly, a trundler is any wheeled device designed to be pushed or rolled along: a shopping trolley in New Zealand, a garden cart, or a luggage trolley all qualify. In each case, the connection is to 'trundle' — the gentle rolling motion that defines these devices and players.
The trundler came on to bowl and gave the batsmen a breather after a fierce spell from the opening attack.
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A person who trundles (something or someone).
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A device that is trundled .
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(cricket) A bowler .
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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