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punt-about
ˈpunt-aˈbout Football. [f. punt v.3 + about adv.] The kicking of a ball about for practice at odd times; also, a football used for this. Also attrib.1845 Rugby Misc. 178 The impatience with which place-kicking is..regarded at punt-about. 1857 Hughes Tom Brown i. v, ‘Hurrah! here's the punt-about,—co...
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Richard Lindon
(Rugby, England) hold the Registered Design for the Original Punt-about ButtonBall. This Punt-about ButtonBall holds the remains of one of Richard Lindon's India Rubber inflatable bladders and resembles the shape of the earliest plum rugby
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tump-tump
tump-tump (ˈtʌmpˈtʌmp) [Echoic.] A short sound as of water slopping without splashing, or a large ball being kicked.1917 [see punt-about]. 1983 Listener 20 Oct. 26/3 The one creation that is seen in innumerable moods is the Fenland water—rising to the tump-tump of the water⁓pumps.
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Harcourt Mortimer Bengough
as it does skill, judgment, pluck. resource, activity — all soldierly qualities — and affording amusement to all, from the recruit enjoying the humble punt-about
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