not cricket (informal)
Not fair and sporting
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Main Entry: ↑cricket
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not cricket british informal old-fashioned phrase
not fair or socially correct
Main entry: cricket
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Brit., informal a thing contrary to traditional standards of fairness or rectitude
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not cricket
Brit old-fashioned : not fair, polite, or proper
You can't keep ignoring her. It just isn't cricket.
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Main Entry: ↑cricket
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not ˈcricket idiom
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You can't do it without telling him; it's just not cricket.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.