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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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anchor

Sports; Bowling

Refers to the last person to bowl (roll) in a team competition setting. The Anchor is most likely to be the best bowler on the team and the bowler who is most likely to “strike out” that is to get a ...

Brooklyn

Sports; Bowling

A ball that hits on the wrong side of the headpin. This would be ball that hits to the left of the headpin for right-handed bowlers and to the right for left-handed bowlers.

Brooklyn strike

Sports; Bowling

This is a strike that is the result of a Brooklyn hit.

CC

Sports; Bowling

A game with a score of 200. CC stand for double century

D.O.A.

Sports; Bowling

Dead on Arrival. Describing a ball that has no action or power on it.

Dutch 200

Sports; Bowling

A 200 game in which a bowler alternates between strikes and spares.

Greek Church

Sports; Bowling

Any split where three pins remain standing on one side of the lane and two on the other.

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