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Meaning 1
A famous baseball infield double-play combination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
Tinker to Evers to Chance
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noun
Meaning 2
A task accomplished quickly by well-executed teamwork; those involved in the teamwork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, idiomatic
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History
Etymology
A reference to a double play completed by Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famously eulogized in a poem.