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battledore

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
battledore /ˈbat(ə)ldɔː/

▶noun

1 (also battledore and shuttlecock) a game played with a shuttlecock and rackets, a forerunner of badminton.
■ the small racket used in this game.

2 a wooden paddle-shaped implement formerly used to beat and stir washing.

– origin ME: perh. from Provençal batedor ‘beater’, from batre ‘to beat’.

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