tennis-playingadj.
That plays (lawn-)tennis.
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tennisy1890
tennis-playing1956
1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) vi. 58 The long, tennis-playing, suburban legs.
1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate ii. 27 Her energetic tennis-playing grandmother..sat on the arm of a chair.
1979 D. Eden Storrington Papers iv. 47 ‘The new governess..arrived this afternoon.’ ‘Promising?’.. ‘No more tennis-playing amazons.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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ˈtennis-playing
ˈtennis-playing n. playing at tennis.
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tennis-playing1441
1441 Court Roll Pershore, Worc. (Westminster Ch. Munim.) Nullus eorum..frequentabit ludum qui vocatur the tenyse playng in communi via domini Regis nec in aliquo loco privato ibidem.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 2 §5 Where..tenys pleiyng bowles Clossh or any other unlawfull game..shalbe used.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E8 They spend it in dicing, carding, bowling, tennise plaieng.
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