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In the 17th and 18th centuries, if you were a member of the European leisure class, you would likely spend many of your lazy, hazy summer afternoons playing a variety of lawn games. Lawn games offered the independently wealthy of Europe an opportunity to socialize outdoors while demonstrating their disposable income through the maintenance of a well kempt lawn, the sole purpose of which was the playing of games. The most common lawn games played in the 17th and 18th centuries were croquet, paille...