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bowling green

NOUN
bowling alley
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For Grimsby boss Artell, a "bowling green" surface much closer in quality to the one his side stunned Manchester United on in the League Cup earlier this season would also have been preferable.

From BBC Feb. 15, 2026

Fillongley Provincial Park was an early-20th-century private estate, whose former bowling green is now a wildflower meadow ringed by imported deciduous trees.

From Seattle Times Feb. 3, 2023

The pitch that night was soaked and rutted but Modric passed the ball as though he was playing on a bowling green.

From The Guardian Jul. 10, 2018

When Dr. Slop offers witless barbs, Toby gently submits, wishing no harm on anyone, desiring only to potter about his bowling green, or to sit soothing a brother’s distress.

From Slate Feb. 8, 2016

Shut the window; I will go now and see how they are faring on the bowling green.

From Heiress of Haddon by William E. Doubleday




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