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01-05-2020, 04:01 PM
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Re: Sporting Dingbats

Just to close this out, number 5 was:

French (Open mixed doubles) - i.e the tennis competition.
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01-05-2020, 05:09 PM
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Re: Sporting Dingbats

Originally Posted by Amac ->
Just to close this out, number 5 was:

French (Open mixed doubles) - i.e the tennis competition.

Bit odd that. Dos is 2 but Bleu is French for blue. (Or was)? Not sure where mixed doubles comes from. ?
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01-05-2020, 05:46 PM
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Re: Sporting Dingbats

Dos Bleu is an anagram of Doubles, hence mixed. A gap in the middle, hence Open. Maybe too contrived!
 
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