Collectively, Goose Tatum, Marques Haynes, Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal played Globetrotters basketball for more than 70 ...

So rather than leaving you to look a little bit silly in front of your horsey friends or colleagues, we thought it might be a useful public service if we cleared up the confusion around these terms.

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