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Meanings of first ball in English

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Usage of first ball in English
1
Natural laws need no almighty creator to set the first ball rolling.
Melnitz
2
All the girlish happiness and excitement of a first ball have vanished.
Molly Bawn
3
The first ball skidded along the ground; he jabbed down on it.
The Guardian
4
The costume of a débutante at her first ball is usually white.
The Etiquette of To-day
5
Then he faced Hinkley, and a moment later delivered the first ball.
Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
6
Smith then played an hugely resolute-looking forward defensive to his first ball.
The Guardian
7
Off the first ball of the master's over a leg-bye was run.
Mike
8
Broad knocks his first ball past the geriatric Yuvraj at square leg.
The Guardian
9
So Nan will have to go to her first ball without them.'
Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of B...
10
I can't have you playing wall flower altogether at your first ball.
A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann / A Sequel to a Little...
11
Mother Murden's first ball was a grand success for all but Neddy.
The Book of the Bush / Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the ...
12
He went to Yankee Stadium and threw out the ceremonial first ball.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
13
Get him down to Cricket All-Stars, he could bowl the first ball!
The Guardian
14
The first ball was swung straight for six; so too was the second.
The Guardian
15
He bunted the first ball, and it went foul over the third-base line.
The Young Pitcher
16
There was the first ball game of the series after lunch.
The Boys of Bellwood School; Or, Frank Jordan's Triumph
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Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
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