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ˈpunch-ball
[punch n.2]
1. A stuffed or inflated ball suspended at a suitable height for practice punching by boxers. Also fig.
1901Humane Rev. II. 218 There would be a large gymnasium with all sorts of appliances, e.g., the punch-ball. 1910Cycling 12 Jan. p. xxi/3 (Advt.), Punch-ball, 10s, cost double. 1927Daily Express 22 June 17/5 He is developing his punch in secret, and..he has broken three punch-balls. 1932Pictorial Weekly 12 Mar. 185/2 In the centre a player is using the punch-ball. 1963Times 13 Mar. 12/5 The Home Office has always been something of a punchball for Mr. Sidney Silverman. 1973M. Amis Rachel Papers 13 Her buttocks, when she wore stretch-slacks, would dance behind her knees like punch-balls. 1977Time 3 Oct. 50/2 Among the principals: the incomparable Lizzie, a daydreamy beautiful loser, ‘punchball’ for many lovers, whose flaws prove even more compelling than her easy virtue.
2. U.S. A ball-game (see quot. 1932).
1932Jrnl. Health & Physical Educ. May 48/2 Punch Ball... The Youngstown, Ohio, playgrounds have promoted a new game... There are fifteen players on a side. A tightly blown rubber ball the size of a basketball is kicked, punched with the fist, or butted with the head as in soccer. 1935C. F. Ware Greenwich Village v. 144 The district abounded in block teams..who played the ubiquitous game of punchball. 1976Washington Post 28 July c6/3 Some of the games we played were called stickball and stoop baseball and punchball. |