| The printed cardboard battledore was a successor of the hornbook. |
| When my battledore and shuttle-cock comes, I'll let you all play with 'em. |
| The roots of the sport can be traced to ancient Greece, China, and India, and it is closely related to the old children's game battledore and shuttlecock. |
| Do you not feel that the girls should not be chucked about like balls from a battledore? |
| Companion in battledore and shuttlecock, Romane de Clos-Vougeot! |
| Badminton's origins date back at least two thousand years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, India and China. |
