noun
a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over
• Syn: ↑bagatelle
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑table game
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bar billiards singular noun
A small-scale version of billiards played in bars
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Main Entry: ↑bar
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bar billiards UK US noun [uncountable]
a game like billiards that is played in some pubs in which long sticks are used for pushing balls into holes on a table
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a game played on a small table, in which you try to hit balls into holes without knocking down the small wooden objects that stand in front of the holes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.