winning hazard
Americannoun
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“We intend to carry on winning,” Hazard said.
From Washington Post
The most common stroke in Pool is a chance of taking a life—i.e., where there is a difficult winning hazard left off the ball you play on.
From Project Gutenberg
It is evident that after playing a winning hazard the position of the object ball is known—viz., as a rule, on the spot.
From Project Gutenberg
In making a winning hazard, the player, as a rule, should try and get near the spot himself, so as to play for the spot, or else play to leave his own ball where there would be an easy losing hazard off the red on the spot next time.
From Project Gutenberg
The various strokes are as under: 1.—A winning hazard is made by the player causing his own ball to hit an object ball and forcing the latter into a pocket.
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