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Meanings of cup-and-ball in English
Traditional children's toy.
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Examples for "bilboquet"
Examples for "bilboquet"
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I am trying to set up the noble game of bilboquet against it, and composing a grammar in opposition to Mr. Hoyle's.
2
Without even a smile, they can breeze past the velvet ropes at Moomba or get a seat at Le Bilboquet... View Article
3
The great Bilboquet has proved to us that the heart never grows old, and that the most vigorous wall-flowers flourish on old ruins.
4
As compensation, pleasantry was not wanting in this Duc de Bilboquet, peer of France and other places-ashe subscribed himself to his dear Gringalet.
5
"Oh, yes; just as I admire great bilboquet players," said he, in that tone of his, which rendered everything he said diverting.
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But how many rules could there be for throwing a ball in a cup?
2
Harding's putting was a revelation in how not to drop a ball in a cup.
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Plus, Pepper, the robot that its makers say can recognise and respond to human emotions, learns to catch a ball in a cup.
1
She had some jewelry- adiamondring and pin and several other pieces.
2
Someone was hammering at the ice-encrusted ring and pin imprisoning her.
3
The ring and pin are in a little white box in the tray of your trunk.
4
She covered her slender fingers with rings and pinned old brooches all over her bosom.
5
He wore the rings and pins and badges of different fraternal orders to which he belonged.
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Outside of park benches, socialising often happens over a bottle of local red wine in a romantic bar or in a boliche (nightclub).
Usage of cup-and-ball in English
1
The boys, by playing a cup-and-ball game, help, too, to hasten its return.
2
Octagonal cupolas supported on thick, sloping bases involuntarily remind one of the cup-and-ball game.
3
The cup-and-ball design of turned legs with curved stretchers was used for chairs, settees, tables, cabinets.
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On the contrary, when the sun is moving northward in the spring, they play the game of cup-and-ball to hasten his return.