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Telinga (iou) and Quick Hooks and Slow Hooks - Baseball (gambling)


Telinga (iou)



Telinga noun. Also Tellinga. L17.
[Tamil telikam. Cf. TELUGU.]
= TELUGU noun 2. L17.
a. = SEPOY. Now Hist. M18.
b. A member of the Telugu people. E19.
Comb.: Telinga potato Hist. the edible tuber of an aroid plant, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, formerly widely grown in the Indian subcontinent; the plant bearing such tubers.

Quick Hooks and Slow Hooks - Baseball (gambling)


A Quick Hook is the removal of a pitcher who has pitched less than 6 innings and given up 3 runs or less. A Slow Hook occurs when a pitcher pitches more than 9 innings, or allows 7 or more runs, or whose combined innings pitched and runs allowed totals 13 or more.