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name
A hamlet in Sampford Arundel parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST0918).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
limited overs cricket, as distinct from first-class cricket
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, ball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
Presumably named after White Ball Hill. Whiteball Tunnel, under the boundary with Devon, would have been named after the hill.
