Origin:
said to be after Spalding a trademark
Chiefly New York City . said to be after Spalding a trademark
a smooth, pink rubber ball used in playing catch, stickball, etc. (dictionary.com)
"The paintings -- closeups of manhole covers with their cryptic labyrinthine pattern of raised welts, loving roseate sunsets that turned out to be the sheen and scuff on a spaldeen -- had multiplied; there were so many of them now that the artist had been obliged to carve a trail, as it were, among them, that would permit access to the kitchen table, where David and I now sat down."
- Michael Chabon, "Citizen Conn", 13 & 20 February 2012 The New Yorker
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