Diabolo

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A juggling apparatus consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed on a string attached to handsticks.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An old game or sport (revived under this name) consisting in whirling on a string, fastened to two sticks, a small somewhat spool-shaped object (called the diabolo) so as to balance it on a string, toss it in the air and catch it, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The game of the devil on two sticks. See devil.
  • Word Usage
    ""Higher," they pleaded, until the clown launched the prop, known as a diabolo, again, about 50 feet high this time, towards the lofty, ornate glass and stone ceilings of the Ben Franklin Memorial hall."
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