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  • proper noun trademark A game played on an hexagonal board where the goal is to "push" the opponent's pieces off the board.

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Examples

  • After deciding upon Benjamin Moore's "Abalone" and completing one half of the room a few weeks ago, we rolled up our sleeves and finished the room this weekend ...

    Apartment Therapy Main 2008

  • After deciding upon Benjamin Moore's "Abalone" and completing one half of the room a few weeks ago, we rolled up our sleeves and finished the room this weekend ...

    Apartment Therapy Main 2008

  • The Abalone Eaters, in two rigs and on a number of horses, descended in force on Bierce's Cove.

    CHAPTER VIII 2010

  • "And now, children, bless you, you are now members of the clan of Abalone Eaters, and I solemnly enjoin you, never, no matter what the circumstances, pound abalone meat without chanting the sacred words I have revealed unto you."

    CHAPTER VII 2010

  • Gridironer, the most fearsome, and, next to me, the most exalted, of all the Abalone Eaters?

    CHAPTER VII 2010

  • We eagerly poured the remainder into a pair of plastic cups, took a sip, and.... well, my friend put it best when she called it "Ass Of The Ocean" Turns out it was, no joke, Hinon Abalone & Sea Cucumber Liquor.

    Tony Sachs: I Came, I Saw, I Got Blasted: The Ultimate Wine, Spirits & Cocktail Blast Event Recap Tony Sachs 2011

  • Whelks, Conchesand Abalone are also classified as gastropods.

    Slugs and Snails 2008

  • So instead I went to Abalone Cove, which is the site of most excellent tidepools.

    Nature 2009

  • You get to the area by parking in the large Abalone Cove Shoreline Park parking lot, which does cost $5.

    Nature 2009

  • Abalone Cove is one of the beaches on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

    Nature 2009

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