crown green
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The genteel sport of crown green bowling is being threatened by increasing incidents of hooliganism, prompting one county to impose a ban on alcohol-related trouble at matches.
From The Guardian
Shropshire Crown Green Bowls Association has agreed to impose fines, points deductions and bans on players for breaches of its new code of conduct.
From The Guardian
This is lawn bowls, not to be confused with the Lancastrian crown green version, American 10-pin bowling or French petanque.
From The Guardian
After seeing his strikerless side put in the kind of performance that would turn even the keenest football fans to crown green bowls, the Tottenham Hotspur manager André Villas-Boas says he will not be using what remains of the transfer window to buy a forward.
From The Guardian
They no longer chase a piglet, climb a greasy pole or try to hook a ring with a lance while charging along on horseback as they once did but they do host events that have not made the cut at the larger Games 150 miles away such as crown green bowling, cricket and gliding.
From The Guardian
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