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snick-and-run


noun a form of cricket in which the person batting must run if he or she hits the ball. Compare hit-and-run, tip-and-go, tip-and-run, tippy cricket, tippy-go-run, tippy-runs, tipsy, tipsy-run. Also, tippety cricket, tippety runs, tippety.
Contributor's comments: As a child on King Island I knew this form of cricket as snick and run.