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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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par

Sports; Bowling

A 200 game for a professional.

foul

Sports; Bowling

When a bowler touches or goes beyond the foul line when delivering the ball. The delivery counts but no pins are recorded. If the foul is on the first ball of a frame, then the bowler has the second ...

part of the building

Sports; Bowling

When the 7 or 10 pin remains standing after what seemed to be a perfect strike. "That pin must be part of the building."

foul line

Sports; Bowling

The line that marks the beginning of the lane. 60 feet away from the head pin. The foul line usually has detector lights called, of all things, foul lights, and a buzzer to alert your team and ...

perfect game

Sports; Bowling

To have a perfect game a bowler must have twelve strikes in a row. With a count of 30 pins per frame the final score is 300.

foundation

Sports; Bowling

This is a strike in the ninth frame. This sets up the bowler to possibly have three strikes in the tenth frame.

piano keys

Sports; Bowling

See Break of the Boards.

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