teth|er|ball

teth|er|ball
teth|er|ball «teh TH uhr BL», noun.
1. a game played by two persons with a ball fastened by a cord to the top of a tall post. The object of each person is to hit the ball so as to wind the cord around the post, in one direction or the other.
2. the ball used in this game.

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