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punchboard

noun

Etymology

From punch + board.

  1. derived from *bʰers-✻ — “tip, top”
  2. inherited from *burdą✻ — “board, plank; edge; table”
  3. inherited from *bord✻
  4. inherited from bord
  5. inherited from boord
  6. compounded as punchboard — “punch + board”

Definitions

  1. A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of…

    A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of lottery

The neighborhood

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