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  • canadianhelper
    French for ball (to ball up?) and related to English platoon. 1637, from Fr. peloton "platoon, group of people" (15c.), from M.Fr. peloton, lit. "little ball," hence, "agglomeration," dim. of O.Fr. pelote "ball" (see pellet). The verb, in baseball, "to alternate (a player) with another in the same position" is attested from 1967. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=peloton&searchmode=none
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  • LynfromNM
    It comes from French for "small pellet", according to dictionary.com: [Origin: 1710–20; < F: lit., ball, ball of string, equiv. to pelote ball (see pellet) + -on dim. suffix] Etymology: French 'small pellet'
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  • debsmooth
    It's a dandy album by The Delgados too. I know this is not really an answer but thought I should mention.
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