bowls
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a game played on a bowling green in which a small bowl (the jack) is pitched from a mark and two opponents or opposing teams take turns to roll biased wooden bowls towards it, the object being to finish as near the jack as possible
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a bowls tournament
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skittles or tenpin bowling
Example Sentences
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Baker talks like he bowls - fast, and with a smile on his face.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
And Marshall’s school also serves organic meals, including Thai bowls and mango sticky rice, which students help prepare.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
There are around 30 of us, maybe more — all experiencing the soundscape of the quartz bowls; a tech-free hour designed for us to commune with memory, creativity and emotion.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
By 10 a.m., servers at the Geneva location were carrying in armfuls of coffee cups, bowls, serrated knives and silverware.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
His first order of business was to settle into the Presidential Suite at the Hotel Loftleidir and order one of his Rabelaisian meals, with bowls and bowls of skyr.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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