Heard in a movie, The Fourth Protocol:

[Victor Steinbok]

Without the context immediately available, I am assuming that what's
meant that the object in question is far smaller than a "football".
Standard (Size 5) ball is 71 cm (28 in.) in circumference or about 22.5
cm (9 in.) in diameter. So any size significantly smaller than 9 in. in
diameter might be the target of that reference. If this was not the
meaning, I give up.

      VS-)

On 3/2/2011 7:08 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> British speakers:
>
> A. "About the size of a football."
>
> B. "Yes. A Chinese football."
>
>
> _Chinese football_?
>
> --
> -Wilson

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