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Definition of Bar billiards

1. Noun. A table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over.

Definition of Bar billiards

1. Noun. A game resembling billiards, sometimes found in public houses, with pegs and holes in the surface of the table instead of side and corner pockets. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bar Billiards

Literary usage of Bar billiards

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

1. Tourists' Guide to the Health and Pleasure Resorts of the Golden Northwest (1879)
"Elevator, baths, water in rooms, bar, billiards. ... Hot and cold baths, gas, elevator, bar, billiards, etc. Rates : $2 per day. ..."

2. From Cape Cod to Dixie and the Tropics by John Milton Mackie (1864)
"Bar, billiards, and bowling are the three Bs of New Orleans. There is no room in the hotel so large as that wherein the liquor is dispensed. ..."

3. The Practical Hotel Steward by John Tellman (1913)
"... including provisions, wines and cigars, China, glass, silverware, bar, billiards, palmers', laundry, engineers' and miscellaneous supplies, ..."

4. New England's Chattels by Samuel Hayes Elliot (1858)
"... these to a social " round" at the bar ; billiards, cards, and dancing completing the happy joviality of these—forsooth—saloons ! bazaars ! ..."

5. France by Hunter Publishing, Incorporated (2001)
"... sitting- room/bar, billiards; tennis court, swimming-pool Credit cards AE, D(:, MC, V Children welcome; special menu SOF Disabled l bedroom Pets dogs ..."

6. Canal Zone Pilot, Guide to the Republic of Panama: And Classified Business by William C. Haskins, A. Bienkowski (1908)
"Pennsylvania Hotel. bar, billiards and bowling alleys. Russ, Pedro, liquors and soft drinks. Sandi. José, saloon. San Sin Kay, iien. mdse. ..."

7. Beautiful Accomodation in New South Wales, Australia: The Discerning Guide by Jennifer Marie Lamattina (2004)
"There's a central bar, billiards table, a large country kitchen and five bedrooms accommodating up to ten adults in comfort. Recently the owners extended ..."

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