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But Jim was long and thin and bent at the waist from stooping over pool-tables, and he was what might have been known in the indiscriminating North as a corner loafer.

From Tales of the Jazz Age by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)

I have built a gymnasium for them, given them books, pool-tables, and games, to say nothing of the swimming-tank.

From Half a Rogue by MacGrath, Harold

They spent their evenings at pool-tables or on corners.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

Often now he did not go home at night and was frequently found dead asleep on one of his pool-tables.

From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Carroll, Robert S.

This club, which is now completed, contains dormitories, shower-baths, a canteen, and a billiard room with two pool-tables.

From Our Navy in the War by Perry, Lawrence