10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATBALL»
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patball in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
patball and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Tennis and the Meaning of Life: A Literary Anthology of the Game
PatBall. A. A. Milne. “YOU'LL PLAY TENNIS?” SAID MY HOSTESS absently. “
That's right. Let me introduce you to Miss—er—um.” “Oh, we've met before,”
smiled Miss—I've forgotten the name again now. “Thank you,” I said gratefully. I
thought ...
2
Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years
Despite his predictions, Nabokov was still working a good deal. * In other moods
he could be much more modest: "Oh, yes, let people compare me to Joyce by all
means, but my English is patball to Joyce's champion game" (Strong Opinions, ...
3
New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary
patball 23.14 patch 15.1 patcher 12.23 patchouli 4.26 patchwork 21.31 patrolmen
25.5 patron 25.47 patronage 20.7 patronal 23.34 patronizer 12.91 patchy 4.11
patronymic 21.12 pâté 3.22 patsy 4.45 Pate 30.7 pattée 3.22 paté de foie gras 1.1
...
Myself, I believe that the new game of Patball, calling as it does for the lowest
conceivable level of competence, is the answer." Patball was the brainchild of
Bursdeigh's colleague Len Oatts, an Equal Opportunities (Leisure) Officer at the ...
Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor,
1986
He added: "If we are to slay the hydra of competitiveness and establish
mediocrity on her throne, there is no time to be lost. Myself, I believe that the new
game of Patball, calling as it does for the lowest conceivable level of competence
, is the ...
6
Politics: observations and arguments, 1966-2004
TUESDAY. NIGHT. PATBALL. a couple of thousand years from now, perhaps,
when faint electronic signals from this corner of the galaxy are picked up on some
distant world, the alien exobiologist assigned to decipher them may well
conclude ...
The DuckworthLewis rules should have given Australia the game anyway, but the
players returned inthe gloom for some anticlimactic patball. What the game
should beremembered foris AdamGilchrist's onslaught of 149from 104balls,
which ...
8
The Garland Companion to Vladimir Nabokov
... Strong Opinions also features some of the strongest expressions of Nabokov's
respect forJoyce—at one point he calls him awriter “whom I revere” (246), and at
another insists that his own English “is patball toJoyce's champion game” (56).
Vladimir E. Alexandrov,
2014
9
Social Life in School: Pupils' experiences of breaktime and ...
P In first year I used to stay in school and play patball, but half way through
second year I sort of thought I'm not staying in no more. The school dinners got
dearer and you got really small things. So I just walked out. So a sense of having
a ...
10
Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to ...
Like later women players such asSuzanne Lenglen andHelen Wills, she
developedher own game by playing against the best men at hertennis clubandall
the successful women players of these early years rejected the female 'patball'
efforts ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PATBALL»
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patball is used in the context of the following news items.
Patball: Oxford's youngest street sport uncovered
Patball is a non-contact competitive ball game, supposedly invented at Dulwich College, a public school South of the River Thames in London. «Cherwell Online, May 14»
Balliol men and women triumph in Korfball cuppers
Korfball and Patball offer two examples of such sports. Korfball remains competitively institutionalised, whereas Patball (Page 31) seemed to be ... «Cherwell Online, May 14»