Usage examples:
-
Beyond
the
outdoor
courts,
where
his
fellow-
Agronians
amused
themselves
with
a
variety
of
racquet
games,
lay
a
tiny
park,
wherein
a
state
of
wild
disorder
was
carefuly
maintained
in
imitation
of
nature.
Irving E. Cox, Jr. in "The Instant of Now".
-
These
remarks
went
on
as
the
little
loaves
went
round,
each
girl
finding
her
pin
well
suited
to
her
pet
fancy
or
foible;
for
all
were
different,
and
all
very
pretty,
whether
the
design
was
a
palette,
a
skate,
a
pen,
a
racquet
a
fan,
a
feather,
a
bar
of
music,
or
a
daisy.
Louisa May Alcott in "Spinning-Wheel Stories".
-
Mr.
Lynch
was
anxious
to
have
May
for
a
partner,
but
she
refused
him
somewhat
pettishly,
declaring
at
the
same
time
that
she
had
given
up
tennis,
and
would
never
touch
a
racquet
again.
George Moore in "Muslin".
-
He
says
to
his
master, "
The
ball
of
your
commands
has
rebounded
from
the
racquet
of
my
obedience."
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh in "A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version"".