the Harlem Globetrotters
/ðə ˌhɑːləm ˈɡləʊbtrɒtəz/
/ðə ˌhɑːrləm ˈɡləʊbtrɑːtərz/
- a basketball team that plays competitive and exhibition games in the US and around the world, including doing tricks with the balls to music to show their skills and make people laugh. They began in the US in the 1920s.
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