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rackets

rack ets |ˈrakits ˈrækəts | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] a ball game for two or four people played with rackets in a plain, four-walled court, distinguished from squash in particular by the use of a solid, harder ball. ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the singular ): from French raquette, via Italian from Arabic rāḥa, rāḥat - ‘palm of the hand. ’

 

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rackets

rack |ets |ˈrakɪts | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] a ball game for two or four people played with rackets in a plain four-walled court, distinguished from squash in particular by the use of a solid, harder ball. ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the singular ): from French raquette, via Italian from Arabic rāḥa, rāḥat - ‘palm of the hand ’.

 

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