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Shittlecock means Obsolete spelling of shuttlecock (“the game or the object”)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Obsolete spelling of shuttlecock (“the game or the object”)..
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Shittlecock toss'd to and fro, Diverts us, and warms the chill Blood […]
Seven or eight of them, standing in a circle, were engaged in a game of shittlecock. They had in their hands no battledores. They did not employ the hand or arm, any way, in striking it. But, after taking a short race, and springing from the floor, they met the descending shittlecock with the sole of the foot, and drove it up again, with force, high into the air.
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Shittlecock means Obsolete spelling of shuttlecock (“the game or the object”)..
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