Definition of Pocket billiards

1. Noun. Any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets.

Exact synonyms: Pool
Generic synonyms: Table Game
Terms within: Break, Cannon, Carom, Masse, Masse Shot, Miscue
Specialized synonyms: Snooker

Definition of Pocket billiards

1. Noun. A family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, in which balls are deposited as the main goal of play. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pocket Billiards

pocked
pocker
pocket
pocket-flask
pocket-flasks
pocket-handkerchief
pocket-pool
pocket-size
pocket-sized
pocket-watch
pocket battleship
pocket beer
pocket beers
pocket bike
pocket bikes
pocket billiards (current term)
pocket book
pocket borough
pocket bread
pocket calculator
pocket call
pocket calls
pocket comb
pocket dictionary
pocket door
pocket doors
pocket edition
pocket flap
pocket flask
pocket flasks

Literary usage of Pocket billiards

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

1. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1914)
"Ja 6-8 ship match pocket billiards (pool), 600 to 561 Ora Morningstar defeats G: Button in 18.1 ... T Howard Shoemaker wins nat. pocket billiards " title. ..."

2. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac (1921)
"Amateur—Cl-'.эз A, Percy Collins, Chicago: Class B, Julian Rice, NY ; Closs C. Sidney Brüssel, Bkln; pocket billiards, Howard Shoemaker, ..."

3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1915)
"Folks of all ages are enchanted with Carom and pocket billiards. Each evening this royal sport exhilarates the grown-ups. It banishes brain-fag, ..."

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