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frontenis

[fruhn-ten-is, fron-]

noun

a Latin American game, resembling squash, played with rackets and a hard rubber ball on a three-walled court similar to a jai alai court.

Origin:
1940–45; < American Spanish, blend of Spanish frontón fronton and tenis tennis

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