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ink ball
noun
Printing.
- one of a pair of heavy pads of horsehair and cotton covered with sheepskin or buckskin and equipped with a handle, used before the invention of the ink roller for dabbing ink on type for printing.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ink ball1
First recorded in 1810–20
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Git a ink ball from de oak trees, and on Sadday and Sunday slip off whar de white folks wouldn't know 'bout it.
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