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Meaning of battledore

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

battledore

noun

Definitions

  1. A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton.

  2. The racket used in this game.

  3. A child's hornbook for learning the alphabet.

  4. A bat or beetle used in washing clothes.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/battledore

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battledore and shuttlecockbattledoorshuttlecockbadmintonbadmittenbadminton racketbaddersbirdie