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Terms of or pertaining to a sport in which the object of the game is to knock over a set of pins by rolling a heavy ball across a defined boundary.

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slot
Sports; Bowling

This is a lane that has a track worn into it and this guides the ball into the pocket, which helps to make strikes easy to bowl. Also known as "slot alley"

mark
Sports; Bowling

A spare or a strike. The name comes from the mark that is put on the score sheet for either of these two hits.

big ears
Sports; Bowling

When the 4-6-7-10 pins are left standing. Other names include; big four, double pinochle and golden gate.

slot alley
Sports; Bowling

See "slot"

match play
Sports; Bowling

That part of a tournament where bowlers play against only one other bowler as opposed to the entire field.

big fill
Sports; Bowling

When a bowler knocks down nine or ten pins following a spare. Or they get a double following a strike.

slot grip
Sports; Bowling

A bowling ball grip that has the area between the third and fourth fingers drilled away so there is just one large finger hole.

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