"telly tennis" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1976, Elaine Feinstein, The ecstasy of Dr Miriam Garner, page 101",
          "text": "The monitored heart-rate on a small screen, like a hesitant green version of the telly tennis he'd played in pubs or railway stations.",
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          "ref": "1979 October 4, New Scientist, volume 84, number 1175, page 48",
          "text": "Hooked on telly tennis, or football? We've been carrying out some in-depth testing of (playing with) a TV games unit for you to build.",
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          "ref": "1992, Mudrooroo (Colin Johnson), Long live Sandawara, page 61",
          "text": "He finds them sitting at a small table holding a horizontal video tube and stands watching them play telly tennis.",
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        "The game of Pong, or any TV game closely based on it."
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        "(slang, video games, UK, Australia) The game of Pong, or any TV game closely based on it."
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