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jaffa noun[ C ] slanguk /ˈdʒæf.ə/ us /ˈdʒæf.ə/ in cricket, an occasion where the bowler (= the player who throws the ball to the batter) bowls a very good ball that is very hard to hit: He was a bit of an erratic bowler but every now and then delivered an absolute jaffa. It was an incredible hat-trick with all three batsmen dismissed with jaffas. She clean bowled the opener with a jaffa that pitched on middle and hit the top of off stump. The batsman was beginning to get annoyed with the fielding side yelling "jaffa" after almost every delivery. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Cricket 12th man all out all-rounder arm ball asking rate batting bowl eleven hook infield king pair late cut leg break leg bye strike rate sundries switch-hit tail tailender third man |