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cro·quet
[kroh-key; Brit. kroh-key, -kee] noun, verb, cro·queted [-keyd; Brit. -keyd, -keed] , cro·quet·ing [-key-ing; Brit. -key-ing, -kee-ing] . noun
1.
a game played by knocking wooden balls through metal wickets with mallets.
2.
(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)
3.
to drive away (a ball) by a croquet.
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croquet
1858, from Northern Fr. dialect croquet "hockey stick," from O.N.Fr. "shepherd's crook," from O.Fr. croc, from O.N. krokr "hook." Game originated in Brittany, popularized in Ireland c.1830, England c.1850, where it was very popular until 1872.
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