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Origin uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English.[1]

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english (uncountable) (uppercased in all of the Oxford English Dictionary's citations from 1869 to 2007)[1]

  1. (US) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.
    You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.
  2. (figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
    • 1988, Andre Romelle Young (lyrics and music), “Express Yourself”, in Straight Outta Compton[1], Ruthless Records, performed by Dr. Dre:
      Lua greška in Modul:languages/errorGetBy at line 14: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the first parameter; the value "<strong class="error"><span class="scribunto-error" id="mw-scribunto-error-51fddb02">Script error: The function &quot;first_lang&quot; does not exist.</span></strong>" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages)..
    • 1993, Thomas Cripps, Making Movies Black[2], strana 94:
      Lua greška in Modul:languages/errorGetBy at line 14: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the first parameter; the value "<strong class="error"><span class="scribunto-error" id="mw-scribunto-error-51fddb02">Script error: The function &quot;first_lang&quot; does not exist.</span></strong>" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages)..

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  1. 1,0 1,1 English”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2008.

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