Battledore and shuttlecock
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Battledore and shuttlecock, or jeu de volant, is a game ancestral to the modern sport of badminton. It is played by two or more people using small rackets, made of parchment or rows of gut stretched a
William Beechey, Kenneth Dixon playing with a shuttlecock, c. 1790.
Hanetsuki
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Hanetsuki is a Japanese traditional game, similar to racket games like badminton but without a net, played with a rectangular wooden paddle called a hagoita and a brightly coloured shuttlecock, called
Battledore and shuttlecock
…and shuttlecock's very good game, when you arn't the shuttlecocks and two lawyers the battledore, in which case it gets too excitin' to be pleasant'. Hanetsuki, a Japanese variant Keepie uppie, with a soccer ball…
Hanetsuki
Hanetsuki paddles (left) and shuttlecocks (right) being sold at a shop in a train station.