subs. (colloquial).—A turn; a spell; a chance: from the game of cricket.
1836. DICKENS, Pickwick Papers, (ed. 1857) p. 103. The friends of Horatio Fizkin Esq., having had their INNINGS, a little choleric pink-faced man stood forward to propose another fit and proper person to represent the electors of Eatanswill in Parliament.
1848. THACKERAY, The Book of Snobs, xx. The opposition wag is furious that he cannot get an INNINGS.
1883. PAYN, Naturalness, in Longman’s Magazine, May, p. 67. And others consent to listen to him upon the understanding that they are presently to have their INNINGS.
TO HAVE A GOOD INNINGS, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To be fortunate, especially in money matters.
TO HAVE A LONG INNINGS, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To die in the fulness of years.
