Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In billiards, a ball with its base on a line.

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Examples

  • Or almost.etc. Life is a sequence of line-ball plays and depends on that fusion of skill and luck.

    Cutting up the Cake Before You've Baked it. Ben Barren 2007

  • Michael Beer goes flat after a line-ball delivery ON his first day as an international bowler

    The Australian | News | 2011

  • Vasil wasn't making excuses but said the slow-rated surface was "line-ball" for Valdemoro.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • O'Neill came on at the break, landed two 65s, a line-ball as well as three frees from midfield while substitute Andy O'Brien made the game safe when he goaled minutes after being introduced.

    Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie BreakingNews.ie / TCM 2010

  • Vasil wasn't making excuses but said the slow-rated surface was "line-ball" for Valdemoro.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • Vasil wasn't making excuses but said the slow-rated surface was "line-ball" for Valdemoro.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • It was panic stations in early June when Fairfax newspapers published a Nielsen poll showing the coalition seven points ahead of Labor, following line-ball results in two

    Townsville Bulletin Latest News 2010

  • "It must've been a line-ball call … but the judges said it came down to the food," she said.

    National Nine News 2010

  • Cowboys coach Neil Henry agreed that both passes were line-ball and was happy for both to be let go.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • However, the ankle is still tender and coach Jarrod Twitt said it would be line-ball whether the Doggies skipper takes to the Norm Minns Oval on Saturday.

    The Border Mail - Front Page 2010

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