bad‧min‧ton /ˈbædmɪntən/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: Badminton grand house in Gloucestershire, England where it was first played]
a game that is similar to tennis but played with a
shuttlecock (=small feathered object) instead of a ball
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