Ooooh, I hate to give away trade secrets, but try
http://www.libraryspot.com for phrases and atlases.
 
 
At 08:58 AM 1/26/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>Another "blue ball" has something to do with targets for shooting.  Sorry
>to be so inspecific, but that's all I know & don't have any helpful
>resources on hand.
>
>Anne
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>At 10:40 AM 1/26/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>>On an early meaning of the term "blue ball," that of
>>a veneral buboe, see Jonathan Evan Lighter, ed.
>>*Random House Historical Dictionary of American
>>Slang,* vol. 1, p. 208 (1994).
>>
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