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• n  badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
• v  send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock

• Fazli's wife, Zaibi, stopped leaving the house, preferring to stay inside rather than replace her headscarf with the freshly mandated shuttlecock burqa that left only a mesh .
• Flying like a shuttlecock between the esthetic debaters of two continents, the very name of Picasso has been a symbol of irresponsibility to the old, of audacity to the young.
• But to its devoted fans there is no sound sweeter than the swish of a goosefeather shuttlecock.

• bird
• birdie
• shuttle

News & Articles

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• DNR researcher gets the big, long-distance picture for small birds
  A semipalmated plover is one of those flitting little birds in the wash on the beach, small enough to fit in the palm of you hand, not much heavier than a shuttlecock.
  July 28, 2013 - The Post and Courier