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Definition of Table tennis

1. Noun. A game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball.

Definition of Table tennis

1. Noun. A game or sport (similar to tennis) that involves the hitting of a light plastic ball across a table (fashioned like a mini tennis court) by racquets (a.k.a. paddles, a.k.a bats in Britain) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Table Tennis

Literary usage of Table tennis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"PING-PONG, or TABLE-TENNIS, a miniature variety of lawn- tennis played on a ... the " Table-Tennis Association " and the " Ping-Pong Association," whose ..."

2. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1902)
"A TABLE-TENNIS TRAGEDY. Ring a lover's knell; Sound a drear ding-dong 1 Toll a muffled bell; Ring a lover's knell t Love has licked love well- Licked her at ..."

3. The Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide. edited by Joseph T Whittelsey, Irving C Wright (1902)
"RULES OF table tennis. The rules for playing table tennis are the same as the regular Lawn Tennis rules, except volleying is not allowed and the service ..."

4. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Libraryby British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, Dept. of Printed Books, British Museum by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, Dept. of Printed Books, British Museum (1906)
"table tennis Association. Handbook of the Association, pp.28. Land. 1901. ... and HARRISON (W.) table tennis, pp. 116. Land. 1902. 8«. 7912. a. 79. TENTS. ..."

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