"playball" meaning in English

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        "2": "play",
        "3": "ball"
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      "expansion": "play + ball",
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  "etymology_text": "play + ball",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "playballs",
      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1909, Jack London, The Shrinkage of the Planet",
          "text": "What a play-ball has this planet of ours become!",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: Patents",
          "text": "A playball comprising a blend of rubber and a thermoplastic homopolymer of a styrene or substituted styrene […]",
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        "A ball for use in games."
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        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
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        [
          "game",
          "game"
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  "word": "playball"
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        "2": "play",
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      "expansion": "play + ball",
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  "etymology_text": "play + ball",
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    {
      "form": "playballs",
      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1909, Jack London, The Shrinkage of the Planet",
          "text": "What a play-ball has this planet of ours become!",
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        {
          "ref": "1971, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: Patents",
          "text": "A playball comprising a blend of rubber and a thermoplastic homopolymer of a styrene or substituted styrene […]",
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        }
      ],
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        "A ball for use in games."
      ],
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          "ball",
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          "game"
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  "word": "playball"
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