Definition of "cricket-ball" [cricket-ball]

• The ball used in playing cricket. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In the early days of Cricketers, the pub where I grew up, I remember my dad used to serve a whopping great burger the size of a cricket-ball topped with a huge amount of Cheddar cheese and homemade tomato relish."
• "The ship danced like a cricket-ball, and the pilgrims howled with fright, and six died."
• "Tom kept Harkaway all to himself, and won the second prize in the lottery, some thirty shillings, which he and East contrived to spend in about three days in the purchase of pictures for their study, two new bats and a cricket-ball — all the best that could be got — and a supper of sausages, kidneys, and beef-steak pies to all the rebels."