yorker

/ˈjɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Possibly from 18th- and 19th-century slang phrase "to pull Yorkshire on a person", meaning to trick or deceive them. Compare come Yorkshire over.

noun

  1. A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.“He bowled forty-seven toe crushing yorkers that resulted in the wickets of 6 batsmen.”
  2. Someone from York, England.
  3. An inhabitant of Vermont who took the position that Vermont was by rights a part of the state of New York during the dispute over the status of Vermont in the 1770s and 1780s.