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Word: Diabolo
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from Italian, from ecclesiastical Latin diabolus ‘devil’; the game was formerly called devil on two sticks
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈab(ə)ləʊ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʌɪˈab(ə)ləʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a game in which a two-headed top is thrown up and caught with a string stretched between two sticks.
Short Definition:game in which two-headed top is thrown up and caught with string stretched between two sticks
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