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fron⋅ten⋅is

  [fruhn-ten-is, fron-]
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–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; < Amer Sp, b. Sp frontón fronton and tenis tennis
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fron·ten·is   (frŭn-těn'ĭs, frŏn'těn'ĭs)   
n.  A Latin-American tennis game played on a three-walled court.

[American Spanish, blend of Spanish frontón, jai alai court; see fronton, and Spanish tenis, tennis (from English tennis).]
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