ball-hawking

ball-hawking
ball-hawking all-hawking adj. (Baseball or basketball or football) skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; -- used of a Baseball or basketball or football player. a ball-hawking center fielder [WordNet 1.5] ||

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