[Jocular formation on LOB v. + -STER.] One who bowls ‘lobs’ at cricket.

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1889.  Daily Chron., 8 June, 5/4. It is welcome to note the success with the ball of … Winter, the lobster.

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1890.  E. Lyttleton, Cricket, 36. The gentle and sensitive ‘lobster.’

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