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Hector protector (plural Hector protectors)

  1. (cricket, slang) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder; a box.
    • 2004 March 12, The Chaser, Sydney, page 20, column 3:
      Vaseline in the cricket shoes, chilli powder in his hector protector, that sort of thing is Australian cricket's natural method of correction.