n.
incendiary device used to
light a candle, lamp etc. during the late stages of cricket games, long after the sun has set, so the
umpire, players, and any remaining spectators, can watch the "action".
Cor Blimey! If Master Perriwether can judiciously bend a googly to silly mid on for six during the next over, off their fading leg-spinner, we may not need a cricket match this
eventide.
Rippingly astute observation my good fellow! "
Tempus fugit," as my ruddy
manservant used to say!
