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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sport, combining elements of golf and football, in which a rubber ball is repeatedly kicked from a marked area until it is successfully sunk into a bowl. uncountable

Etymology

From Code + ball, named after Chicago doctor William Edward Code, who invented the game in 1929.

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