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  • noun Alternative spelling of ball boy.

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Examples

  • From ballboy to head coach, Browns introduce Mangini - USATODAY. com

    From ballboy to head coach, Browns introduce Mangini 2009

  • "I was a 23-year-old ballboy and I had to explain that to my mother," said Mangini, who signed a four-year contract.

    From ballboy to head coach, Browns introduce Mangini 2009

  • Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images ON TO THE NEXT ROUND: As a ballboy scrambled into place, Spain's Rafael Nadal, in background, reacted after a point to Britain's Andy Murray during their men's semi-final match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris Friday.

    Photos of the Day: June 3 2011

  • From ballboy to head coach, Browns introduce Mangini

    From ballboy to head coach, Browns introduce Mangini 2009

  • So Laurie Fine will make a statement today claiming the tape of her phone call with ballboy Bobby Davis was doctored.

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011

  • Fifteen-year-old Sonny is a Centre Court ballboy, enough to make any parent proud.

    Digger at Wimbledon: Rain spat over Murray Mount 2011

  • I was at a Braves-Pirates game as a kid in the eighties, and following a game, probably a Braves loss, I went down behind the Pirates dugout to try to get a baseball or some sort of paraphernalia from a player or a ballboy or whatever.

    In the Time of Bobby Cox Lang Whitaker 2011

  • She never recovered, and the Russian apologized to the crowd in Rod Laver Arena afterward for her performance, which she said left her feeling "like a ballboy."

    Serena claims 10th Grand Slam singles title, targets more 2009

  • I was at a Braves-Pirates game as a kid in the eighties, and following a game, probably a Braves loss, I went down behind the Pirates dugout to try to get a baseball or some sort of paraphernalia from a player or a ballboy or whatever.

    In the Time of Bobby Cox Lang Whitaker 2011

  • So Laurie Fine will make a statement today claiming the tape of her phone call with ballboy Bobby Davis was doctored.

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011

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