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Ashes

Ash·es [ áshəz ]


noun 
Definition:
 
cricket trophy: in cricket, the trophy awarded to the winner of a series of test matches between England and Australia

[Late 19th century. < a mock obituary for English cricket after a defeat, and the subsequent presentation to the English of an urn containing ashes, which became the trophy]
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