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Definition of Lobbing
1. lob [v] - See also: lob
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lobbing
Literary usage of Lobbing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"In French slang "casser nne piece," to change a coin. (Lawn-tennis), striking
the ball hard. lobbing, too, has been greatly improved, and altogether ..."
2. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1922)
"Tiresome Work, Smashing Lob After Lob lobbing to Make the Other Man Miss Foote
Wore Down Hit Opponents This Way end of the duel he assumes. ..."
3. Lawn Tennis Lessons for Beginners by Jahial Parmly Paret (1916)
"XVI lobbing ALTHOUGH placed last in the series of strokes for the beginner in
lawn tennis, the lob is by no means the least important of the armory of the ..."
4. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1915)
"Most experts use it, more or less—Seaver says it wears the other man out—Is
persistent lobbing good sportsmanship?—Most players approve of it—Any stroke of ..."
5. Tennis by John Moyer Heathcote, Edward Oliver Pleydell-Bouverie, Arthur Campbell Ainger (1890)
"The worst feature of the stroke is that lobbing is apt to beget lobbing, and a
long series ... In respect alike to the mode of lobbing, the occasion for it, ..."
6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Good " lobbing " demands great skill, to avoid on the one hand sending the ball
out of court beyond ... Of " lobbing " it has been laid down by the brothers ..."
7. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1911)
"In lobbing, the position assumed is quite different from that used in driving.
In driving, the feet arc placed as far apart as possible, ..."
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