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croquet
[ kroh-key; British kroh-key, -kee ]
noun
- a game played by knocking wooden balls through metal wickets with mallets.
- (in croquet) the act of driving away an opponent's ball by striking one's own when the two are in contact.
verb (used with object)
, cro·queted [kroh-, keyd, kroh, -keyd, -keed], cro·quet·ing [kroh-, key, -ing, kroh, -key-ing, -kee-ing].
- to drive away (a ball) by a croquet.
croquet
/ ˈkrəʊkeɪ; -kɪ /
noun
- a game for two to four players who hit a wooden ball through iron hoops with mallets in order to hit a peg
- the act of croqueting
verb
- to drive away (another player's ball) by hitting one's own ball when the two are in contact
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of croquet1
C19: perhaps from French dialect, variant of crochet (little hook)
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Example Sentences
The Cockalorum pondered over this for a moment, and then murmuring, "I prefer croquet," floundered away through the waving grass.
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After breakfast we had a merry time at croquet, and then a still merrier time at foot-ball.
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To half a tennis-lawn add two ounces of croquet-mallet and three arches of pergola, and reduce the whole to a fine powder.
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Croquet playing became so interesting to us that we could not find time to do all our playing during the day.
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Then followed days of tennis and croquet, of picnics and teas with the Vicar's pretty daughters and the Squire's awkward sons.
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