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kite fighting

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noun

  1. (in Malaysia) a game in which one player attempts to cut the string of his opponent's kite with the string of his own See also glass string

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It robbed Afghans of the simple pleasures of life: music, art, dance, even kite fighting.

From Washington Post Aug. 19, 2021

In some parts of the world, especially the Middle East and India, kite fighting is a popular pastime, and the tradition has arrived on our shores.

From Seattle Times May 4, 2016

A few weeks later, the Taliban banned kite fighting.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

He unlocked the place carelessly, looking over his shoulder at a kite fighting with two nesting crows.

From Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales by Haggard, Henry Rider

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