Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boys' game in which a ball is thrown by one player against a house or wall, in order that the second player may strike it with a bat on the rebound.
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A new show based on the New York City house-ball community, written by Yale School of Drama graduate Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Frank Leon Roberts 2008
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