Shuttlecock

Battledore and Shuttlecock is a very old game, but it became fashionable for grown persons to play it in the reign of James I. Prince Henry, who was a golfer and a tennis player, was fond of it.

Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54) 1888

Through careful propagation, this new variety, called Shuttlecock Velvet, had eventually been installed on all the greens, and exported to other clubs in the region.

Hacker - Death at the Member-Guest Bartlett, James Y. 2004

Shuttlecock and battledore, "he said obscurely," ....

“It was the Golden Fleece ready for the shearing.” 2008

Shuttlecock Diplomacy Yesterday we noted that the mad mullahs who run Iran were spurning President Obama's overtures and asked what the president's Plan B was.

The Neediest Cases 2009

Shuttlecock is one of those words that Beavis and Butthead would snicker over.

"Her first creation... was a 'vaginal vault' made of a cardboard toilet-paper roll, Play-Doh and a badminton shuttlecock..." Ann Althouse 2008

"As the president of the Shuttlecock Club, it is my honor to welcome you all here for the 55th annual Shuttlecock Invitational Member-Guest tournament."

Hacker - Death at the Member-Guest Bartlett, James Y. 2004

Sure, the locker room at Shuttlecock was old and drafty and the decor would make the editor of Architectural Digest retch, but for a bunch of male golfers, it is nirvana.

Hacker - Death at the Member-Guest Bartlett, James Y. 2004

The member was a friendly, gregarious sort who had been a member at Shuttlecock for years.

Hacker - Death at the Member-Guest Bartlett, James Y. 2004

Shuttlecock had ridiculed the very idea of love, and had told him that everything else was to be thrown to the dogs in pursuit of

Ayala's Angel 2004

"Deadly," I answered and quickly filled him in on the events of the morning at the Shuttlecock Club.

Hacker - Death at the Member-Guest Bartlett, James Y. 2004