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Beaver. Pin: a skittle. Pit: same as Ditch. Pitch: the long rectangular strip along which balls are thrown and at the end of which the pins stand Plate:...

An 1828 auction notice, also in Ipswich, explicitly mentions "ten-pin and skittle grounds". In 1819, New York writer Washington Irving made the first...

differences) was a form of pocket billiards, known in English as Italian skittle pool, and was principally played in pubs, with an object ball that was...

jargon Skittles, a carrom version that uses a spinning top to knock over pins Skittles, a slang term for Coricidin in recreational uses "Skittles", nickname...

carry a baby astride txirki-mirki — to be crossed with somebody txirlo — skittle txirri-mirri — insecure person, busybody txirrin — bell, buzzer, ring txirrist...

18th century. A simple table skittles game, it has a string with a small skittle ball attached to a gallows-like post. When the ball is struck it swings...

pool referred specifically to the game of life pool.: 143&187  Although skittle pool is played on a pocketless carom billiards table, the term pool later...

mallet (the mace), wooden balls, a hoop (the pass), and an upright skittle or pin (the king). The game, which cue-sports historians have called "the original...

hoop), "port" (a different hoop, often rectangular), and "king" (a pin or skittle near the arch) in the early 17th to late 18th century, but other game...

use of metal pins and collars, but carom billiards cues usually have a wooden pin, and a collarless wood-on-wood joint. 2.  Same as skittle. pink ball Also...

Clockwork Mouse. The Skittles are a family of three bowling pins consisting of Mrs. Sally Skittle and her many children of various sizes. They like being...

some significant swing in the cloudy conditions there, and proceeded to skittle through the West Indies top order, taking the first three wickets (including...

practice at St. Moritz. 1960 Ten Pins Down Unknown A look at ten-pin bowling in Britain today, and also oldstyle skittle alleys 1960 Smashing Through Tim...

different balls to knock over a stack of tin cans. Lauren pretends to be a skittle. Sharing Stories: Tim tells a story about an eccentric talking moose (Lauren)...

then best innings haul of 8/20 in just 9 overs in the second innings to skittle Bengal for 58 runs in under 19 overs. Haryana lost to Bombay in the quarter-finals...

century partnership in only an hour, making 43 himself. The Caribbeans were skittled for 134 in reply and went on to lose the match, although they attacked...

Teryl Rothery and Chantal Strand in the US) are a family of orderly bowling pins. Harvey (voiced by Ben Small) and Cecilia (voiced by Joanna Ruiz) are two...

stretch of river is also used for other water sports. Hereford has a nine pin skittle league, formed on 24 October 1902, and today consists of five divisions...

beetles, but finds few birds. The limestone mountains are eroded into skittle-shaped pillars with narrow bases. 17 Celebes—Menado Wallace visits Menado...

the authority to roam alehouses, cock-fighting pits, gambling dens and skittle-alleys, seizing homeless, unemployed or disorderly people and detaining...