cup-and-ball
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cup-and-ball
noun cup-and-balls · cups-and-balls
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A traditional children's toy consisting of a hand-held wooden cup with a ball attached by a string. The player jerks the ball into the air and attempts to catch it in the cup.
When I was at Motiers, I used to employ myself in making laces with my neighbors, and were I again to mix with the world, I would always carry a cup-and-ball in my pocket; I should sometimes play with it the whole day, that I might not be constrained to speak when I had nothing to discourse about; a
Similar: bilboquet
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Talk about this word "cup-and-ball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cup-and-ball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cup-and-ball. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cup-and-ball "cup-and-ball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cup-and-ball.Cite this
@misc{cup_and_ball_2026,
title = {cup-and-ball},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cup-and-ball},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
