"dandle board" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dandle boards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dandle board (plural dandle boards)
  1. (chiefly New England) A seesaw; teeter-totter. Tags: New-England
    Sense id: en-dandle_board-en-noun-J-mBxxin Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, New England English

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020 February 6, Olatunji Ololade, “This toxic underside”, in The Nation Newspaper",
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