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deedlee ball

deedlee ball noun: a small decorative ball made of yarn.

Noun

deedlee ball (plural deedlee balls)

  1. A small decorative ball made of yarn.
    • The woman and the pony were posed before velvet draperies which were fringed with deedlee-balls. They were flanked by Doric columns.1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC, page 35
    • […] it was only Leon, looking even droopier than usual in a floppy red felt Santa cap with a dangling white deedly-ball.1996, Jonathan Nasaw, The World on Blood, New York, N.Y.: Dutton Books, →ISBN, page 139

Forms of deedlee ball

pluraldeedlee balls
alternative formdeedly ball

Questions about deedlee ball

What does deedlee ball mean?
Deedlee ball means a small decorative ball made of yarn.
What part of speech is deedlee ball?
Deedlee ball is a noun.
What is the plural of deedlee ball?
The plural of deedlee ball is deedlee balls.

Words near deedlee ball in the dictionary

  1. deedier
  2. deediest
  3. deedily
  4. deediness
  5. deeding
  6. deedlee ball
  7. deedlee balls
  8. deedless
  9. deedlessness
  10. deedly
  11. deedly ball

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