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diabolo

di·ab·o·lo [ dī ábbə l ] (plural di·ab·o·los)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. U.K. game with spinning top: the game of spinning a top with a narrow waist and two heads on a string tied to two sticks held in the hands

2. kind of top: a top designed to be used in the game of diabolo

[Early 20th century. Via Italian, literally "devil" < Latin diabolus (see devil)]
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