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pati

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pa⋅to

[pah-toh; Sp. pah-taw]
–noun
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 ft. (2.7 m) high pole.

Origin:
< AmerSp; Sp: duck (of obscure orig.; perh. orig. a nursery word, akin to pata leg, foot (of an animal); cf. paw 1 ); the game was allegedly first played with a duck in a skin or leather bag
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