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Definition of Skittle ball
1. Noun. Ball used to knock down ninepins.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skittle Ball
Literary usage of Skittle ball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Central Criminal Court. Minutes of Evidence by Great Britain Central Criminal Court, Henry Buckler (1840)
"This is ш; skittle-ball—I lost it in November from my window. 360. WILLIAM GRAY
was again indicted for stealing, on the 30th of November, ) apron, ..."
2. The Earthen Vessel and Christian Record & Review by Charles Waters Banks (1846)
"... and I went to get a load of dung at a public- house, where I have spent many
hours, while dead in sin, when I came there, the skittle ball was at work, ..."
3. Technological Dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"ball, loop, lump. — horaria telegráfica, electric time ball. — ,:r j.ibr>t,
so.ip ball, wash ball. — de Juego dt bolos, skittle ball. ..."
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