Definition of Billiard marker

1. Noun. A device for keeping the score in a game of billiards.

Generic synonyms: Device

Lexicographical Neighbors of Billiard Marker

billetted
billetting
billfish
billfishes
billfold
billfolds
billhead
billheads
billholder
billholders
billhook
billhooks
billiard
billiard ball
billiard hall
billiard marker (current term)
billiard parlor
billiard parlour
billiard player
billiard room
billiard saloon
billiard table
billiard tables
billiards
billie
billies
billietite
billing
billing credit
billings

Literary usage of Billiard marker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1854)
"I applied for the situation of clerk to a lawyer, but on ascertaining that the duties of billiard-marker had proved too intricate and burdensome for me, ..."

2. Austin Elliot by Henry Kingsley (1863)
"Him the poor billiard-marker stopped, and into his attentive ear poured all he could remember of the last night's conversation. CHAPTER XXVI. ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1884)
"I have thought over this, Señora," answered the lad ; " and as the billiard-marker is going to leave in a day or two, I shall apply for the place. ..."

4. Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill and by Westminster Chess Club, London (1875)
"It is on account of this law that Mr. Albery is compelled to allow his billiard marker (but why a billiard marker ?), his mechanic, and his Sunday school ..."

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