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Stickball
noun
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Noun
- 1 A street game similar to baseball, played with a stick, a ball and various ad hoc materials; found primarily in large cities in the northeastern United States. countable, uncountable
"Boys were playing stickball in the damp, cold streets; dressed in heavy woollen sweaters and heavy trousers, they danced and shouted, and the ball went crack as the stick struck it and sent it speeding through the air."
- 2 a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle wordnet
- 3 The ball used in this game. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From stick + ball.
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