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tippety cricket


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, tippety-run, tippy-go-run, tippy-runs, tipsy, tipsy-run.
Contributor's comments: Here on the NSW / Victorian border, when we were in primary school we actually refered to this as "tippity-cricket". (WODONGA , Vic). This would be going back about twenty years ago now.

Contributor's comments: Have heard this comment when living in Whyalla, SA.

Contributor's comments: In the Western District of Victoria in the 1950s we called it tippety-run.