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Battledore and shuttlecock

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An early version of the game badminton. historical, uncountable

    "But I stayed out a few minutes longer with Adele and Pilot—ran a race with her, and played a game of battledore and shuttlecock."

  2. 2
    an ancient racket game wordnet

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