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demon
adjective- applied to someone, especially in cricket and other sports, who seems superhuman in action UK, 1883
Originally used of Australian cricketer Fred Spofforth, 1853–1926. - I’ve got a personal theory that one reason he [Merv Hughes] was such a demon bowler was that luckless batsman were unsighted by the facial foliage. — The Guardian, 27 February 2003
- excellent US
- — Tom Hibbert, Rockspeak!, p. 47, 1983
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 4, Spring 1988
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