lawn bowling
noun
a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green.
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Also called bowls, bowling on the green .
Origin of lawn bowling
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby lawn bowling
Law Lords, lawmaker, lawman, law merchant, lawn, lawn bowling, lawn chair, Lawndale, lawn mower, lawn party, lawn sleeves
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