Meaning of polo-stick | Babel Free

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The elongate implement needed to push a ball from a horseback and thereby vie with other mounted players.

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“COVER: A Persian miniature from the Topkapi Sarayi Library in Istanbul depicting Alexander the Great feeding sesame seeds to a cockerel. This rare illustration depicts an episode in which Darius insulted Alexander by sending him a polo stick and ball, and a bowl of sesame seed, saying that as Alexander behaved like a child he should have the playthings of a child.”

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