Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A screened gallery for spectators at the service end of a court-tennis court.
- noun The spectators at a court-tennis match.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In court-tennis, that part of the penthouse at the service end which is netted off for spectators.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Court Tennis) A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
division , at one end of atennis court , forspectators .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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[Bell's edition.] [315.1] Mr. Julian Marshall, in his "Annals of Tennis," p. 34, describes the two different sorts of tennis courts -- "that which was called Le Quarré, or the Square; and the other with the dedans, which is almost the same as that of the present day."
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I over the sport, that a gentleman within the "dedans" touched me twice on the shoulder before I was aware of him.
A Monk of Fife Andrew Lang 1878
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"I shall be the more speedily at your service," I made answer; and as I spoke Randal and Robin came forth from the "dedans," the sport being over.
A Monk of Fife Andrew Lang 1878
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Having had a sachet of pot pourri disintegrate la-dedans at one time, I didn't think too much about it when a nice aroma emanated every time I opened the purse, until it started to get sticky in there.
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Having had a sachet of pot pourri disintegrate la-dedans at one time, I didn't think too much about it when a nice aroma emanated every time I opened the purse, until it started to get sticky in there.
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Sa figure était une pomme rouge, un bouton de pivoine prêt à fleurir, et là-dedans s'ouvraient, en haut, deux yeux noirs magnifiques, ombragés de grands cils épais qui mettaient une ombre dedans; en bas, une bouche charmante, étroite, humide pour le baiser, meublée de quenottes luisantes et microscopiques.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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[1] "C'est lui [Dieu] qui fait naître au-dedans la sécheresse, l'impatience, le découragement, pour nous humilier par la tentation, et pour nous montrer à nous-mêmes tels qui nous sommes."
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Sa figure était une pomme rouge, un bouton de pivoine prêt à fleurir, et là-dedans s'ouvraient, en haut, deux yeux noirs magnifiques, ombragés de grands cils épais qui mettaient une ombre dedans; en bas, une bouche charmante, étroite, humide pour le baiser, meublée de quenottes luisantes et microscopiques.
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[1] "C'est lui [Dieu] qui fait naître au-dedans la sécheresse, l'impatience, le découragement, pour nous humilier par la tentation, et pour nous montrer à nous-mêmes tels qui nous sommes."
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Sa figure était une pomme rouge, un bouton de pivoine prêt à fleurir, et là-dedans s'ouvraient, en haut, deux yeux noirs magnifiques, ombragés de grands cils épais qui mettaient une ombre dedans; en bas, une bouche charmante, étroite, humide pour le baiser, meublée de quenottes luisantes et microscopiques.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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