paddle tennis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of paddle tennis
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Example Sentences
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In the early 1980s, he converted the paddle tennis court into a studio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
What happened was that pickleball players were sneaking onto the courts when they were open and playing pickleball when this was supposed to be a court for paddle tennis only,” Koebler said.
From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2023
Aviva, a 320-foot yacht launched in 2017, was the first in the world to include a full-size indoor paddle tennis court.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2019
On the way out of the parking lot, we got chatting to a member of the club leaving the paddle tennis courts.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2015
Behind us married couples were playing paddle tennis.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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