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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(uncountable) A particular children's ball game played against a wall with a tennis ball..
Opposite him sat Peter Thorneycroft and the patball went on and on and on. It's as though one hadn't left off last July - the same sort of professional debating, two heavyweights in a clinch because neither wants to knock the other out […]
Don't you know that your very best friend is being made somebody's patball?
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Patball means (uncountable) A particular children's ball game played against a wall with a tennis ball..
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Opposite him sat Peter Thorneycroft and the patball went on and on and on. It's as though one hadn't left off last July - the same sort of professional debating, two heavyweights in a clinch because neither wants to knock the other out […]
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