Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A game. See extract.
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Examples
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Tiger was still favoring his knee at the time, but it was interesting to hear him compliment Kim on the purity of his club-ball contact and compare notes on how to create brilliant shots.
Matthew DeBord: Masters Golf: Has Tiger Woods Picked His Successor? 2009
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The proper parent of cricket seems to have been club-ball, which is
Old English Sports 1892
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There is a still more ancient picture of two club-ball players, representing the batsman holding the ball also and preparing to hit it, while the other player holds his hands in readiness to catch the ball.
Old English Sports 1892
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Cricket has its roots in games of club-ball and may date as far back as the 14th century.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Tiger was still favoring his knee at the time, but it was interesting to hear him compliment Kim on the purity of his club-ball contact and compare notes on how to create brilliant shots.
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a club striking a ball (like) the ancient games of club-ball, stool-ball, trap-ball, stob-ball.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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a club striking a ball (like) the ancient games of club-ball, stool-ball, trap-ball, stob-ball.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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a club striking a ball (like) the ancient games of club-ball, stool-ball, trap-ball, stob-ball.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Early cricket was at some time or another described as "a club striking a ball (like) the ancient games of club-ball, stool-ball, trap-ball, stob-ball". [
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Early cricket was at some time or another described as "a club striking a ball (like) the ancient games of club-ball, stool-ball, trap-ball, stob-ball". [
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