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“Ball-bias” was mentioned in a religious-themed, young adult novel in which a Jewish teenager was a principal character. The pertinent sentence read: “Emilie...anxiously looked in all directions for Edward, whom she at length espied, at a short distance before them, superintending a game of ball-bias.”
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Rebecca Nathan; or, a Daughter of Israel, anon., London, 1844, James Burrill, p. 81
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The novel presents the girl, Rebecca, very positively, suggesting she is the smartest and best looking student in the school.
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