ball-player

plural ball-players

1. alternativeAlternative form of ball player.

   Ball-players always conclude their Diverſion at Cards.

   1768 March 5, a Christian, “To the Committee for Conducting the Free-Press”, in The Public Register: or, Freeman’s Journal, volume V, number 55, Dublin: […] Committee [for Conducting the Free-Press], […], published 12 March 1768, →OCLC, page 217, column 3

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   [T]he ſaid William Williams is about five Feet, nine Inches, and a Half high, ſlender ſtrait, and well-made, about 28 Years of Age, with […] large and hard Hands, and ’tis ſuppoſed one Hand is larger than the other, as he was a great Ball-Player: […]

   1770 January 29, “A Murderer”, in The Glocester Journal, volume XLVIII, number 2488, Gloucester: […] R[obert] Raikes, →OCLC, page [2], column 1

   Aleksandar Pavlovic, still only 20, is held in huge regard in Bavaria but is a ball-player rather than a ball-winner.

   2024 July 9, Gillian Kasirye, “What will Joao Palhinha bring to Bayern Munich?”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2024