cueist

American  

[kyoo-ist] / ˈkyu ɪst /

noun

1. a billiard player.

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Etymology

Origin of cueist

First recorded in 1865–70; cue ² + -ist

Example Sentences

Mr. Stevenson, the incomparable cueist, sends this pithy distich:— "Big guns are useful in their way, 'tis true, But nursery cannons have their uses too."

From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Is that Thomas, the wonderful cueist, by the way?

From The Holiday Round by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)

They examined me as a rider, as a driver, as a shootist, as a cueist, in fact, in a range of subjects which I will not even venture to enumerate.

From Amusement Only by Marsh, Richard