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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| deck tennis | |
| —n | |
| a game played on board ship in which a quoit is tossed to and fro across a high net on a small court resembling a tennis court | |
deck tennis
game for two or four players, designed for the limited space aboard ship and also played as a garden game. It combines lawn tennis and quoits. A rubber ring, or quoit, is thrown across a net. It must be caught using one hand and returned immediately with the same hand from the point of catch. The size of the court, usually 30-40 feet (9-12 m) long and 10-15 feet (3-4.5 m) wide, the size of the ring, and the rules of play are not standardized
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