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Definition of Roqueting
1. roquet [v] - See also: roquet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roqueting
Literary usage of Roqueting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1877)
"... who was not playing croquet, and asked, ;'who the young lady was, who seemed
bent upon roqueting—didn't they* call that knocking of the balls about ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Thus, by skilful alternation of making points and roqueting balls, a " break "
may be made in which point after point, and even all the points in the game ..."
3. The Household Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Daily Wants by Alexander V. Hamilton (1873)
"III. The player proceeds till he misses a hoop, or fails to croquet another ball.
IV. After roqueting a ball the player must croquet it. ..."
4. The Domestic World: A Practical Guide in All the Daily Difficulties of the by Robert Kemp Philp (1889)
"The player's ball must always be the one moved in roqueting. 12. If in roqueting
the player's ball slip from under his foot when he strikes it, ..."
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