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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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medal play
Sports; Bowling

A kind of tournament where only the total pin scores are used to decide the winner.

big five
Sports; Bowling

When three pins are left on one side of the lane and two pins are left on the other side.

small ball
Sports; Bowling

A ball that doesn't put much action on the pins so that it must hit the pocket perfectly in order to result in a strike.

messenger
Sports; Bowling

A pin that rolls across the lane after most of the other pins have fallen.

blind
Sports; Bowling

When a player is absent this is a score that is given for that player. It is usually the players average minus ten pins. It can also be a set score, which might be 140 for men and 120 for women.

snake eyes
Sports; Bowling

A 7-10 split. (bedposts, fence posts, goal posts, mule ears)

miss
Sports; Bowling

When a spare is missed. Also called: a blow, error, open.

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