skittle alley
Example Sentences
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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
At the time, it housed a skittle alley, an ancient version of bowling.
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
One was an intermittent rumbling from the back premises of the inn half-way up; this meant a skittle alley.
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
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
