A battledore on the other hand, being unfamiliar to most, needs some explanation. From LearnThat.org. [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Rexhaggett/battledo.htm]
The shuttlecock is like our own, but the battledore is the sole of the foot. From Wordnik.com. [The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok] Reference
Shuttlecock and battledore, "he said obscurely,". From Wordnik.com. [“It was the Golden Fleece ready for the shearing.”] Reference
They also play shuttlecock, but they have no battledore. From Wordnik.com. [Highroads of Geography] Reference
I had endeavored in vain to procure a child's battledore, as an easy means. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
Anything and everything serves to keep up a game of battledore and shuttlecock with words and ideas. From Wordnik.com. [Father Goriot] Reference
I'm quite content to play battledore and shuttlecock in the hall, and I didn't want a rink, really. '. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
It was a battledore and shuttlecock talk, to be kept going until the door opened and the gentlemen came in. From Wordnik.com. [The Years] Reference
"Do you not feel that the girls should not be chucked about like balls from a battledore?" asked Mrs Dosett. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
“Do you not feel that the girls should not be chucked about like balls from a battledore?” asked Mrs Dosett. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
TUITION; and behind the blind was a little white – faced boy, with a slice of bread – and – butter and a battledore. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
I never learned to skip till I was thirty, and at thirty-five my greatest delight was a game of battledore and shuttlecock. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
It gives opportunity merely for settings and some rare moments of costuming, the lady with the battledore reminding one a deal of a good Manet. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
I had my battledore in my hand, and fell abeating the coffin, and calling 'Papa,' for, I know not how, I had some light idea that he was locked up there. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
Go and have a game of battledore and shuttlecock then. From Wordnik.com. [The Light of Scarthey] Reference
It's the humour of the battledore and the shuttlecock. From Wordnik.com. [The Dop Doctor] Reference
They start in playing battledore-and-shuttlecock with him. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Nugget] Reference
'We are anxious to play battledore and shuttlecock madly.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete] Reference
Donaldson to a game of battledore and shuttlecock in the wide hall, with. From Wordnik.com. [Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest] Reference
But at last the second battledore was ready to send us in the right direction. From Wordnik.com. [The Car of Destiny] Reference
It was funny, she didn't know any games but battledore and shuttlecock and les graces. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Treasure Seekers] Reference
There is a game of shuttlecock, without the battledore, for which the feet are used as. From Wordnik.com. [The Civilization of China] Reference
The striking feature, however, were the matches at battledore and shuttlecock between Madame. From Wordnik.com. [Lothair] Reference
Even the lighter recreations of battledore and bagatelle were pursued with relentless activity. From Wordnik.com. [My Father as I Recall Him] Reference
"Companion in battledore and shuttlecock, Romane de Clos-Vougeot!" replied the younger Cavalier. From Wordnik.com. [Burlesques] Reference
It is an excellent plan to play with a battledore in each hand, and to strike with them alternately. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes] Reference
After a long spell of work, the battledore is seized and the shuttlecock bounces up to the glass roof. From Wordnik.com. [The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
Molly, with a pettish "battledore and shuttlecock indeed!" had taken her sister by the arm and left the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Light of Scarthey] Reference
It was as though the South, North, East, and West winds were all playing battledore and shuttlecock with it at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Odyssey] Reference
Ned was terrified at first, as it was with great difficulty that he kept his body from playing battledore and shuttlecock. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Soap Bubble] Reference
As she found that Norman was not disposed to garden, she invited him to have a game of battledore and shuttlecock on the lawn. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good] Reference
It was the first time she had been present at a game of battledore and shuttlecock with what she regarded as fundamental morals. From Wordnik.com. [The Cost] Reference
Louis and his sister now played battledore and other games after dinner, in an outer room, their aunt sitting by with her book or work. From Wordnik.com. [The Peasant and the Prince] Reference
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