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pétanque

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pétanque French [ˌpeɪˈtɑ̃k (English) petɑ̃k]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Ball Games, other than specified) another name, esp in the South of France, for boules
[French, from Provençal pèd tanco foot fixed (to the ground)]
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The French of Brooklyn let their freak flag fly today with some drunken sand-bowling—called “pétanque,” rhymes with “pee honk”—as they close down Smith Street for a Bastille Day bash and Pétanque Tournament, which will feature sand toted in from Long Island (the most beautiful sand ever) and dumped all over a street used to nothing but Bugaboos.
Sunday, July 15th by Sara Vilkomerson / The New York Observer
 
 
 
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