Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A game played with balls on a table, extending across the foot of which is a row of pockets or pens, each of sufficient width to receive the ball.

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Examples

  • Picnic groves; skating rinks; intelligence offices; billiard, pool or sippio tables; bowling alleys.

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

  • Picnic groves; skating rinks; intelligence offices; billiard, pool or sippio tables; bowling alleys.

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

  • In Boston licenses for keepers of intelligence offices, billiard saloons, pool or sippio rooms or tables, bowling alleys and picnic groves shall be signed by the licensing board and recorded by its clerk and licenses for roller skating rinks, carousels, inclined railways, Ferris wheels and outdoor exhibitions of fire fighting for the amusement of the public shall be signed by the mayor and recorded by his clerk; the other licenses referred to in this section shall be signed by the police com - missioner and recorded by his clerk.

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

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