† ˈback-ˌracket Obs.
[f. back adv.]
The return of a ball in tennis; fig. a counter-charge, ‘tu quoque.’
| 1608 Middleton Trick to Catch iv. i, He plays at back-racket with me. 1638 Featly Transubst. 3 Bandie the tearmes of Schismatike and Heritike..the Sorbonists to the Jesuites, and the Jesuites by back-racket to the Sorbonists. |