Swinging
In another sense, "spooning" is when the mallet is swung in a wide arc, to generate more power. Unlike the first meaning, spooning has been considered fair in a match of gentlemen, but pre-20th century ladies in hoopskirts were at a disadvantage being unable to "spoon" in this way.
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Famous quotes containing the word swinging:
“When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one’s balance and keep afloat.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“I have seen it over and over, the same sea, the same,
slightly, indifferently swinging above the stones,
icily free above the stones,
above the stones and then the world.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)