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badminton
CIDE DICTIONARY
badminton, n. [From the name of the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in England.].
- A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks. [1913 Webster]
- A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
badminton, n.
1 a game with rackets in which a shuttlecock is played back and forth across a net.
2 a summer drink of claret, soda, and sugar.
1 a game with rackets in which a shuttlecock is played back and forth across a net.
2 a summer drink of claret, soda, and sugar.
Etymology
Badminton in S. England
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