squash - Wiktionary
Jul 14, 2018 · 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days: Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.