Boxball
a game played between two players on two adjoining squares or sections of a sidewalk or a playground, in which a ball is hit back and forth between the players, each defending a square, the object being to prevent a fair ball from bouncing twice before hitting it back into the opponent’s square.
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a bed completely enclosed so as to resemble a box. a bed that folds up in the form of a box. Historical Examples Marietta F. Marion Crawford Freaks on the Fells R.M. Ballantyne Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland J. Maxwell Wood The Days of Auld Lang Syne Ian MacLaren Highways […]
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the checkerberry. the partridgeberry. Historical Examples The American Frugal Housewife Lydia M. Child The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various In The Boyhood of Lincoln Hezekiah Butterworth Cape Cod Folks Sarah P. McLean Greene noun (pl) -ries the fruit of the partridgeberry […]
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cardboard used for making cartons. noun a tough paperboard made from wood and wastepaper pulp: used for making boxes, etc