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Golden Ball(The). Ball Hughes, one of the dandies in the days of the Regency. He paid some fabulous prices for his dressing cases (flourished 1820-1830). Ball married a Spanish dancer. He shirked a duel and this probably popularised the pun Golden Ball, Leaden Ball, Hughes Ball.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Golden Ball from Fact Monster:
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