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Meaning of jack-ball | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A ball used in boules.

Equivalents

Español balín boliche
Français cochonnet
Italiano boccino pallino

Examples

“Wani had been wet about the game until he turned out to be good at it, and now he was absorbed and unironical, tripping after the ball, yapping and grinning when he bombed the other boules away from the jack-ball, or cochonnet.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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