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- noun obsolete A shuttlecock.
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- noun Obsolete form of
shuttlecock .
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John Hall, who entered the College in 1646, recommended "shittlecock" as fit for students -- "it requires a nimble arme with quick and waking eye."
St. John's College, Cambridge Robert Forsyth Scott 1891
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John Hall, who entered the College in 1646, recommended "shittlecock" as fit for students -- "it requires a nimble arme with quick and waking eye."
—St. Johns College, Cambridge
July 19, 2010