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  bowling green

  noun

  a level, closely mowed green for lawn bowling.
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  Bowling Green

  noun

  a city in S Kentucky.

bowling green

¹ American  

noun

1. a level, closely mowed green for lawn bowling.

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Bowling Green ² American  

noun

1. a city in S Kentucky.

2. a city in NW Ohio.

3. a small open area near the S tip of Manhattan in New York City, at the foot of Broadway.

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bowling green British  

noun

1. an area of closely mown turf on which the game of bowls is played

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Etymology

Origin of bowling green

First recorded in 1640–50

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bowling green Bowling Green

Fillongley Provincial Park was an early-20th-century private estate, whose former bowling green is now a wildflower meadow ringed by imported deciduous trees.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

The ball fizzed along the turf with a trajectory and precision usually seen on the bowling green – except this was played at defence-splitting speed.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2019

The site will see Spain's Field Farm in Weardale moved brick by brick to the open air museum, as well as the recreation of a chip shop, police houses, allotments and a bowling green.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2016

When Dr. Slop offers witless barbs, Toby gently submits, wishing no harm on anyone, desiring only to potter about his bowling green, or to sit soothing a brother’s distress.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2016

The gigantic wheel, now being erected on the site of the old bowling green in a corner of the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, was commenced on December 1, 1895, says the Building News.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various

The parade, which kicks off at 1400 GMT, will see the Knicks travel from Bowling Green at the bottom of Manhattan to City Hall, a 10-block route known as the "Canyon of Heroes."

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

People 50 or older now make up nearly 40% of the divorcing population, up from just 8% in 1990, according to research from Bowling Green State University.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

For UCLA’s home opener against Bowling Green on a sweltering September day in 2022, the announced attendance was 27,143, a record low for the team since moving to the Rose Bowl before the 1982 season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

In 2024, a team of Bowling Green State University biology students recorded a significant reduction in cyanobacteria in Northwest Ohio’s Sandusky Bay thanks to the removal of an upstream dam.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2025

It was Union soldiers but, incredibly, they rode right past the front gate and raced on toward Bowling Green in pursuit of Willie Jett!

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

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