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stickballer

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stick⋅ball

[stik-bawl]
–noun
a form of baseball played in the streets, on playgrounds, etc., in which a rubber ball and a broomstick or the like are used in place of a baseball and bat.

Origin:
1815–25, Americanism; (broom)stick + ball 1


stickballer, noun
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stick·ball   (stĭk'bôl')   
n.  A form of baseball played with a rubber ball and a stick, such as one made from the handle of a broom, for a bat.
stick'ball'er n.
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