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skittle 1. a wooden or plastic pin, typically widest just above the base 2. a bowling game in which players knock over as many skittles as possible by rolling a wooden ball at them How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At the ninth stroke, a third young gentleman emerged from the door leading to the skittle ground, and bowing low, awaited his commands. At the appointed hour arrives the coroner, for whom the jurymen are waiting and who is received with a salute of skittles from the good dry skittle-ground attached to the Sol's Arms. Sir Joseph knocked the pins about quite skilfully; Master Bowley took an innings at a shorter distance also; and everybody said that now, when a Baronet and the Son of a Baronet played at skittles, the country was coming round again, as fast as it could come. |
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