rabbit ball
noun
a lively baseball, especially the ball used in present-day baseball: The pitchers keep complaining about the rabbit ball.
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Nearby words
- rabbinism,
- rabbinist,
- rabbinite,
- rabbinitic,
- rabbit,
- rabbit ears,
- rabbit eye,
- rabbit fever,
- rabbit food,
- rabbit punch
Origin of rabbit ball
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
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