paddleball

paddleball
/pad"l bawl'/, n.
a game played on a handball court following the same basic rules as handball, but in which players use short-handled, perforated paddles to hit a ball resembling a tennis ball.
[1930-35, Amer.; PADDLE1 + BALL1]

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