"sweet ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sweet balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweet ball (plural sweet balls)
  1. (obsolete) A ball of some aromatic substance. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-sweet_ball-en-noun-YRqI3R7I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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