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Battledore and shuttlecock

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20: 166: 220: 66: 57:, made of a base of some light material, such as cork, with trimmed feathers fixed around the top. The object is for players to bat the shuttlecock from one to the other as many times as possible without allowing it to fall to the ground. 181: 186: 123:, battledore and shuttlecock was played by children for centuries, and ancient drawings appearing to depict the game have been found in 261: 96: 235: 254: 280: 76:
Games with a shuttlecock are attested to as early as 2,000 years ago, and have been popular in
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A game of battledore and shuttlecock, as illustrated in an 1804 edition of
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badminton
rackets
parchment
gut
shuttlecocks

William Beechey
India
China
Japan
Siam
North American
indigenous peoples
Kwakiutl
Pima
Salish
Zuni
corn husk
Europe
Greece
badminton
Hanetsuki


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Battledore and Shuttlecock
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