Badminton
['bædmɪnt(ə)n] or ['bædmɪntən]
Definition
(noun.) a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net.
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Definition
(n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.
(n.) A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.
Checked by Casey
Definition
n. a cooling summer drink compounded of claret sugar and soda-water: a predecessor of lawn-tennis played with shuttlecocks.
Typed by Ina
Examples
- Meyler, being satisfied that it would make me miserable, set off for Badminton early the next morning. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The next day Meyler agreed to dine with me and set off after dinner to Badminton. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He came, I know, in fear and trembling, for he expected me to fret, and shed tears as usual at the idea or his going to Badminton. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Worcester is gone to his papa's, at Badminton; and I, being sworn to constancy, have no other _beaux_ to write about. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I see your affection, and therefore I hate you, Harriette: so, in order to punish you, I will not go to Badminton at all. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I must now return to Lord Worcester, or rather to my house in town, he having left Portsmouth to join his incensed papa and mamma at Badminton. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He often left me to pass a week with the Beauforts at Badminton, and this never failed to render me completely wretched. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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