"jack-ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jack-balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jack-ball (plural jack-balls)
  1. A ball used in boules. Categories (topical): Bowls (game) Translations (ball used in boules): bolig [masculine] (Catalan), petit [masculine] (Catalan), cochonnet [masculine] (French), Zielkugel [masculine] (German), Schweinchen [neuter] (German), Sau [feminine] (German), boccino [masculine] (Italian), pallino [masculine] (Italian), hai (Maori), balín [masculine] (Spanish), boliche [masculine] (Spanish)

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