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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Badminton grand house in Gloucestershire, England where it was first played

badminton

 noun
     
badminton
Related topics: Other Sports
bad‧min‧ton [uncountable]
DSO a game that is similar to tennis but played with a shuttlecock (=small feathered object) instead of a ball
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