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Definition of Diabolo
1. n. An old game or sport (revived under this name) consisting in whirling on a string, fastened to two sticks, a small somewhat spool-shaped object (called the diabolo) so as to balance it on a string, toss it in the air and catch it, etc.
Definition of Diabolo
1. Noun. A juggling apparatus consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed on a string attached to handsticks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diabolo
1. a game requiring manual dexterity [n -LOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diabolo
Literary usage of Diabolo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The West Indies: Their Social and Religious Condition by Edward Bean Underhill (1862)
"... are Ruinate—Two Classes of Labourers—Employment of Coolies—Causes of Decay of
Sugar Cultivation—Removal of Protection—A Natural Bridge—Mount diabolo. ..."
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