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Definition of innings noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

innings

noun
innings pronunciation English ˈɪnɪŋz innings pronunciation American ˈɪnɪŋz
plural innings (in cricket)
 
a period of time in a game during which a team or a single player is batting
Idioms

somebody had a good innings

(British English, informal) used about somebody who has died to say that they had a long lifeHow old was she? 84? Well, she had a good innings then.