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- noun a versatile person who is expert at many things.
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- noun chiefly UK A
versatile person, able to do many things well; used especially inreference to being good atvarious sports.
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- noun a versatile person who is expert at many things
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Examples
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The all-rounder Stevens, whose knock was a season's best, and Northeast helped Kent recover from 51 for four to score 200 for six in reply to the Netherlands' 199 for six, which was dominated by a record seventh-wicket partnership of 124 in 106 balls between Tom de Grooth and Mudassar Bukhari.
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Indeed, it's almost certainly no exaggeration to suggest that some foolhardy bar-stool all-rounder with a few too many stouts on board has already claimed in all sincerity to understand the complexities of the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Ireland expected England to hurl abuse in defeat, not throw flowers | Barry Glendenning 2011
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Manan Vatsyayana/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Pragyan Ojha, right, celebrated after taking the wicket of Delhi Daredevils all-rounder Irfan Pathan during the match in New Delhi, April 19, 2011.
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Australian all-rounder Andrew McDonald's 62 off 45 balls and Abdul Razzaq's 40 from 25 set the stage for Taylor to take his side past the Falcons' 160 for four – in which Martin Guptill led the scoring with 44.
Nottinghamshire defeat Steelbacks to move towards quarter-final 2011
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I haven't played much four-day cricket in the last couple of years and, like anything, it's a case of remembering how to do it," the all-rounder said."
Michael Yardy and Ben Brown of Sussex pile pressure on Yorkshire 2011
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Samuel Sanchez (ESP) As Olympic road race champion, Sanchez knows all about coming out on top in races of attrition, and the Spanish all-rounder, who excels on hilly courses, comes into the race having finished a career-best fourth overall on the Tour de France.
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Liquigas all-rounder Nibali had hoped to give home fans their first classic win of the season, but instead this has been a barren vintage for the Italians.
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Andres Leighton/Associated Press Lendl Simmons, left, and Ramnaresh Sarwan ran between the wickets as Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan looked on, June 8.
India in West Indies 2011
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Australia have a nine-man team of riders with different abilities, including reigning champion Cadel Evans, an all-rounder, and two sprinters inAllan Davis and Matthew Goss.
Cavendish feeling more optimistic about elite road race 2010
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The all-rounder Shahid Afridi will play for Pakistan again only when the country's board is changed.
Shahid Afridi quits in protest at Pakistan board's 'lack of respect' 2011
whichbe commented on the word all-rounder
How...curvy.
December 3, 2008