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diabolo

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di⋅ab⋅o⋅lo

[dee-ab-uh-loh]
–noun, plural -los for 2.
1. a game in which a toplike object is spun, thrown, and caught by or balanced on and whirled along a string the ends of which are fastened to the ends of two sticks that are manipulated by hand.
2. the top used in this game.
Compare yoyo.


Origin:
1905–10; < It: lit., devil
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