"[croquet] had a downright unsavory reputation back in the day. According to James Charlton and William Thompson's Croquet: The Complete Guide to History, Strategy, Rules, and Records, "it had become associated with gambling, drinking and philandering to such an extent that it was banned in Boston by one Reverend Skinner."
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