billiard-table

Mr. Mabey, unlike his neighbors, does not grow grass "billiard-table turf" along the road in front of his house in Norfolk.

Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling Bill Laws 2011

He saw open pasture country, intersected with wooded canons, descending to the south and west from his feet, crease on crease and roll on roll, from lower level to lower level, to the floor of Petaluma Valley, flat as a billiard-table, a cardboard affair, all patches and squares of geometrical regularity where the fat freeholds were farmed.

Chapter VIII 2010

Mr. Mabey, unlike his neighbors, does not grow grass "billiard-table turf" along the road in front of his house in Norfolk.

Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling Bill Laws 2011

So long have we rolled and tossed about that the thought, say, of a solid, unmoving billiard-table is inconceivable.

CHAPTER XXXVI 2010

In the living-room, where were the eating-table, the billiard-table, and the phonograph, stood stands of rifles, and in each bedroom, beside each bed, ready to hand, had been revolvers and rifles.

CHAPTER III 2010

And yet still we dream: of billiard-table lawns, putting-green lawns, lawns that tickle our bare feet like loop-pile carpet, free from grub or chinch bug or thistle.

Weeding lawn myth from reality 2010

Relegated, as he was, to one corner, and sheltered behind the billiard-table, the soldiers whose eyes were fixed on Enjolras, had not even noticed Grantaire, and the sergeant was preparing to repeat his order: “Take aim!” when all at once, they heard a strong voice shout beside them:

Les Miserables 2008

A room on the ground floor, where the bar was situated, one on the first floor containing a billiard-table, a wooden spiral staircase piercing the ceiling, wine on the tables, smoke on the walls, candles in broad daylight, — this was the style of this cabaret.

Les Miserables 2008

The hall on the first floor, where “the restaurant” was situated, was a large and long apartment encumbered with stools, chairs, benches, and tables, and with a crippled, lame, old billiard-table.

Les Miserables 2008

They are remarkably expert at this diversion, and will play in the stony lanes and streets, and on the most uneven and disastrous ground for such a purpose, with as much nicety as on a billiard-table.

Pictures from Italy 2007