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lawn tennis

noun

  1. tennis, especially when played on a grass court.


lawn tennis

noun

  1. tennis played on a grass court
  2. the formal name for tennis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lawn tennis1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

Padel is a racquet sport that uses the same scoring conventions as lawn tennis but is played on courts around a third smaller.

From BBC

The forehand slice has been around since the beginning of lawn tennis.

But while grass court tennis is considered traditional — the sport was originally called lawn tennis, after all — Wimbledon’s offering of indoor grass court tennis is newfangled.

The lawn tennis association also announced executive pay cuts and employee furloughs.

The advert specified someone with good racket skills, and as I’d been playing modern lawn tennis since I was nine, and was the No 1 tennis junior in the state, I couldn’t resist.

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