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Wicket   /wˈɪkət/  /hwˈɪkət/   Listen
Wicket

noun
1.
Cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket.
2.
A small arch used as croquet equipment.  Synonym: hoop.
3.
Small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door).  Synonyms: wicket door, wicket gate.
4.
Small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted.  Synonyms: grille, lattice.



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"Wicket" Quotes from Famous Books



... arrive from the North. Up and down they paraded, Dunn turning over in his mind the conversation of the night before, Rob breaking away every three minutes to consult the clock and the booking clerk at the wicket. ...
— Corporal Cameron • Ralph Connor
... all my boasted pride and strength were subdued by the honeyed accents of this blue-eyed boy. The trim and paled demesne of civilization, which I had before regarded from my wild jungle as inaccessible, had its wicket opened by him; I stepped within, and felt, as I entered, that I ...
— The Last Man • Mary Shelley
... Our Saviour, and the Virgin and the Angels; then he at once treated me as a mad woman, unless he accused me of being possessed by the devil; to conclude, he refused me absolution, and I thought myself happy if he did not slam the little wicket of the confessional roughly in my face ...
— The Cathedral • Joris-Karl Huysmans
... Mellstock for which they were bound, whilst the faint sound of church- bells ringing a Christmas peal could be heard floating over upon the breeze from the direction of Longpuddle and Weatherbury parishes on the other side of the hills. A little wicket admitted them to the garden, and they proceeded up the ...
— Under the Greenwood Tree • Thomas Hardy
... to six o'clock on Thursday morning, the wicket in the prison-gate swung open; the condemned appeared, with his hands tied behind his back, and his knees bound together. He walked with difficulty, so fettered; but other than the artificial restraints, ...
— Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, - and His Romaunt Abroad During the War • George Alfred Townsend


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