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- noun slang, golf The condition of scoring an eight on any one
hole , generally regarded as a very poor score, because the maximum number (par) for any golf hole is five.
Etymologies
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In the trade these are known as 'dogballs'. (no i have no clue either, it just is) It is important to clean them up for a clean tight drywall job.
remodeling for geeks 2009
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Drywall hangers for the most part are paid footage, which means that having to stop to buff off dogballs means taking time away from hanging, making the job less profitable, which is why they call this the mutherf*ucker.
remodeling for geeks 2009
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All who were there declared that they would willingly eat of the pills, whereupon Bruno ranged them in order and set Calandrino among them; then, beginning at one end of the line, he proceeded to give each his bolus, and whenas he came over against Calandrino, he took one of the dogballs and put it into his hand.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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Calandrino, make him try the ordeal with ginger boluses and sack and give him (instead of the ginger) two dogballs compounded with aloes, whereby it appeareth that he himself hath had the pig and they make him pay blackmail, and he would not have them tell his wife_ 383
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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a pound of fine ginger boluses and caused compound a couple of dogballs with fresh confect of hepatic aloes; after which he let cover these latter with sugar, like the others, and set thereon a privy mark by which he might very well know them, so he should not mistake them nor change them.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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