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  • noun Plural form of tetherball.

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Examples

  • One day she was hanging up the tetherballs, and there was this guy.

    Dream State Diane Roberts 2008

  • "You're Krishtin, right?" he lurches and I look past him as shame burns deeply; I pretend not to know who he is, and I do not tell my friend as he tetherballs from one uninterested woman to another, fueled on false confidence, forgetting his wife.

    blog: April 2008 2008

  • "You're Krishtin, right?" he lurches and I look past him as shame burns deeply; I pretend not to know who he is, and I do not tell my friend as he tetherballs from one uninterested woman to another, fueled on false confidence, forgetting his wife.

    blog: Ambiguous Alcohol 2008

  • They submitted a plan with a sunken reading area, lots of swings and tetherballs, one garden for the school, another for the community, giant mosaic Ukrainian eggs, and fish sticks - sea creatures on poles.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • this is the scariest thing i've ever seen. it looks like an overcooked Thanksgiving turkey stuffed with tetherballs. i mean...

    squint as you approach, lest his beauty shall blind you 2003

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