Gossima

Quick meaning: Gossima is a noun meaning A precursor to table tennis, played with hard rubber balls.

Meaning

A precursor to table tennis, played with hard rubber balls.

Example Sentences

In fact table tennis was also called gossima in the early days, and, given that Gossamer is the brand name of a condom, the Mayor of London missed out on an even better joke, perhaps calculating that the Chinese wouldn't get it.

Already we've seen early hallmarks of the twentieth century: colonial decay, cultural appropriation, and competing trademarks. Next up was the rise of the immigrant underclass. World War I shattered the gossima delusions of the aristocracy, and the Great Depression humbled the rest.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include racquetball, gobang, gilli-danda, woodball, ga-ga, foosball.

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