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raqueta
An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.
He bought a new tennis racket two days ago.
Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a s…
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algarabía • barullo • estruendo • estrépito • fragor • trulla
A loud noise.
Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.
With all the racket they're making, I can't hear myself think!
adrolla • chanchullo • defraudación • fraude • trapacería • trapaza
An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money.
prostitution and gambling controlled by rackets
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