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Word: brittanica (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Actually, court tennis is a sport of kings, or so one is told by the Encyclopedia Brittanica, and consequently few play if in the United States. It is rumored that Louis X of France died from a chill received while on the court, and indeed the literary-minded individual will find reference to this venerable sport in Shakespeare's Henry...

Author: By Helaine E. Shoaq, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 12/20/1955 | See Source »

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