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Definitions by Harland D. Kesnel

(Alternatively, 'Bosey'.)

Cricketing slang used to refer to the bowling delivery otherwise known as the googly. The term takes its name from the English cricketer Bernard Bosanquet, the inventor of the delivery.
He's a promising young leg spinner with a dangerous bosie.

The batsman was beaten all ends up by that bosie.
Bosie by Harland D. Kesnel July 6, 2010
A slang term used in Cricket to refer to a leg spin bowler (i.e. a bowler that turns the ball from the leg side to the off side).
That's great bowling from the leggy.

Shane Warne was the best leggy of his generation.
leggy by Harland D. Kesnel October 17, 2008