Spit ball
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A pitched ball in throwing which the pitcher grips the ballbetween two, or three, fingers on one side (which is made slippery,as by saliva) and the thumb on the other side, and delivers it sothat it slips off the fingers with the least possible friction. Whenpitched directly overhand a spit ball darts downward, when pitchedwith the arm extended sidewise it darts down and out. [Cant] -- Spitballer.
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