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Meanings of old ball in English

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Usage of old ball in English
1
When they go to the theatre in old ball-dresses and bare heads.
The Age of Innocence
2
I shouldn't have come to your old ball, had I been invited.
Hearts and Masks
3
You go in next and get a hit against the old ball.
The Guardian
4
This signified your inability to fly with the old ball and chain symbol.
The Biography of a Rabbit
5
I fancy it must be a very old ball, our red.
They and I
6
Anderson continues with the old ball, which is reversing appreciably.
The Guardian
7
A good old ball-bearing cosh stuffed down his shirt.'
Artemis Fowl
8
I think she's getting the old ball and chain ready to clamp onto your ankle.
Wife for hire
9
I'm going to drive an old ball which is just hanging together by a thread.
The Clicking of Cuthbert
10
Sarfraz Nawaz Sarfraz confused a succession of batsmen by bowling in-swingers with an old ball.
The South African
11
A 15-year- old ball girl has stolen the limelight at Wimbledon all because of one wayward shot.
Radio NZ
12
Records have been broken with the old ball.
Reuters
13
The palms do best with the new soil more firmly packed about the old ball of roots.
Gardening Indoors and Under Glass / A Practical Guide to the Pla...
14
Also dangerous when reversing the old ball.
The Guardian
15
Well, I'll call you up to-morrow, if you don't mind being bothered about a silly old ball.
The Prince of Graustark
16
Kip wanted to bean the man in the head with a big old ball of green luxin.
The black prism
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