Lexicographical Neighbors of Patball
Literary usage of Patball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tennis Topics and Tactics by F. W. Payn (1907)
"the game, and has . . . reduced a great and scientific game to patball." I ask
my readers to consider whether they believe that the Doherty grips of the ..."
2. Contributions Chiefly to the Early History of the Late Cardinal Newman: With by Francis William Newman (1891)
"We had cricket and rounders, and in the winter months football ; petty fives
against every petty wall; hopping and hopscotch, patball and ..."
3. The Art of Lawn Tennis by William Tatem Tilden (1922)
"... is an exponent of crafty patball. His service is a medium pace slice, well
placed but not decisive. His ground strokes are a peculiar stiff arm chop ..."
4. The Selangor Journal: Jottings Past and Present (1807)
"... for instance—who rages at "patball." as he calls a harmless and uninteresting
pastime more properly termed " lawn tennis "—is an extreme case. ..."
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