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Definition of Jai alai
1. Noun. A Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket.
Definition of Jai alai
1. Noun. a Basque ball game in which the players propel the ball using a long basket attached to the wrist ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jai Alai
Literary usage of Jai alai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Standard Guide to Cuba: A New and Complete Guide to the Island of Cuba by Foster & Reynolds Co (1905)
"... jai alai, the famous gambling game, is played every Tuesday and Thursday
evening and Sunday afternoon during the winter season in the Fronton, ..."
2. Cuba and the Intervention by Albert Gardner Robinson (1905)
"One of these cases, that known as the jai alai, became, after American withdrawal,
... The history of the jai alai case is as follows: In April, 1898, ..."
3. Cuba and the Intervention: Lecciones preparadas para que sirvan de GUIA á by Carlos A. Valdes Codina, Albert Gardner Robinson (1905)
"One of these cases, that known as the jai alai, became, after American withdrawal,
... The history of the jai alai case is as follows: In April, 1898, ..."
4. Eat Your Food! Gastronomical Glory from Garden to Gut: A Coastalfields by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate (2007)
"The Basques proclaim their simple national sport (jai alai) to be the ...
Like squash, jai alai helps you digest, keeps your body fit and your mind active! ..."
5. With Speaker Cannon Through the Tropics by Joseph Hampton Moore (1907)
"A game of jai alai had been extensively advertised to be played that evening at
the Fronton. In our journeyings we had studiously avoided bull-fights and ..."
6. The Life of Leonard Wood by John Gunnlaugur Holme (1920)
"While in Cuba, Wood became an enthusiastic player of the Spanish game known as "
jai alai," resembling racquets, and affording excellent physical exercise. ..."
7. From Harrison to Harding: A Personal Narrative, Covering a Third of a by Arthur Wallace Dunn (1922)
"The people of the United States learned about a Cuban game called jai alai, in
which gambling was a principal feature. It was alleged that Wood allowed the ..."
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