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  • noun obsolete A shuttlecock.

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  • noun Obsolete form of shuttlecock.

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Examples

  • 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