pocket billiards

noun

pool² (def. 1).

Origin of pocket billiards

First recorded in 1910–15

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British Dictionary definitions for pocket billiards

pocket billiards

noun(functioning as singular) billiards

another name for pool 2 (def. 5)
any game played on a table in which the object is to pocket the balls, esp snooker and pool

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