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shuttlecock

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shuttlecock
a light cone consisting of a cork stub with feathered flights, struck to and fro in badminton and battledore


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And shuttlecock, now--I don't know a finer game than shuttlecock for the daytime.
Battledore and shuttlecock's a wery good game, vhen you ain't the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which case it gets too excitin' to be pleasant.
Doubtful which might be the clarionet-stop, he was considering the point, when a shuttlecock flew out of the parlour window, and alighted on his hat.
 
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