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stickball
[ stik-bawl ]
noun
- a form of baseball played in the streets, on playgrounds, etc., in which a rubber ball and a broomstick or the like are used in place of a baseball and bat.
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Other Words From
- stickballer noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stickball1
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; (broom)stick + ball 1
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Example Sentences
One day we were playing punchball—like stickball, only you used your fist to hit a Spaldeen or a bald tennis ball.
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Remember those quaint ethnic communities, once teeming with stickball games and eggplant-shaped old women wielding rolling pins?
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He was photographed playing stickball in the streets of Harlem and had pop songs written about him.
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He knew the general rules of big-league baseball, but the kid-business of stickball did not register.
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