Jokarin.
/dʒəˈkɑːri/ The proprietary name of a game played with bat and ball. The name is registered for a number of games, etc. (see quot. 1973).
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1953 N.Y. Times 2 Aug. 43L (advt.) Jokari requires little space. You use paddles and a ball that's fastened to the Jokari center control box on a long rubber cable.
1960 ‘A. Garve’ Golden Deed xxiv. 161 A bald, plump man..was playing Jokari with an equally plump youth on the grass outside the door... Mellanby waited till the ball had come to rest.
1961 B. W. Aldiss Primal Urge ii. 34 That podgy creature who..played Jokari from a sitting position.
1963 I. Fleming On Her Majesty's Secret Service i. 11 Two golden girls in exciting bikinis packed up the game of Jokari which they had been so provocatively playing.
1973 Trade Marks Jrnl. 4 Apr. 665/1 Jokari... Games (other than ordinary playing cards), playthings, gymnastic and sporting articles (other than clothing), and parts..of all the aforesaid goods. R. & J. Travis Limited, Fenbright Works,..Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire; manufacturers and merchants.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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