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stoolball
CIDE DICTIONARY
stoolball, n.
A kind of game with balls, formerly common in England, esp. with young women. [1913 Webster]
"Nausicaa
With other virgins did at stoolball play." [1913 Webster]
With other virgins did at stoolball play." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stoolball, n. a team-game played in the UK, with a bat and ball and pairs of batters scoring runs between bases.
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