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skittle alley

NOUN
bowling alley
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At the time, it housed a skittle alley, an ancient version of bowling.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2020

In a text Mr. Lloyd said Mr. Callaghan and others “boycotted” the White Horse after the skittle alley skirmish.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2020

We'd meet in a room above a town pub which had an Aunt Sally skittle alley underneath.

From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2011

A seedy, down-looking man hangs about The Chequers all day, and he never does any work except stick up the pins in the skittle alley.

From The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary by Runciman, James

The murmur of voices thickened, and there was no rumbling in the skittle alley to interrupt it.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard




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