Badminton
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Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" and "doubles". Badmin
Two Chinese pairs compete in the mixed doubles gold medal match of the 2012 Olympics
Match in pairs
An 1854 depiction of battledore and shuttlecock by John Leech
Charles Gleyre, Odysseus and Nausicaa (with badminton rackets)
Badminton House
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Badminton House is a large country house and Grade I listed building in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England. It has been the principal seat of the Dukes of Beaufort since the late 17th century. The ho
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…and shuttlecock ("battledore" was an older term for "racquet"). Its exact origin remains obscure. The name is derived from the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton House in Gloucestershire, but why or when remains unclear. As early as 1860, a London toy dealer named Isaac Spratt published a booklet entitled Badminton…
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Worcester Lodge
Badminton House in the 19th century
The 10th Duke (d. 1984) in front of the house