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Bowling

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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Mr. / Mrs. Average

Sports; Bowling

The invented name given to a bowler, not in attendance, whose average will be is used to calculate the teams score.

Murphy

Sports; Bowling

A baby split (2-7, 3-10).

NBC

Sports; Bowling

The National Bowling Council.

Professional Bowlers Association (PBA)

Sports; Bowling

The governing body of Bowling.

three hundred (300) game

Sports; Bowling

When a bowler throws 12 strikes in a row. A perfect game.

three hundred (300) game jinx

Sports; Bowling

It is expected that when a bowler starts out a game with a string of strikes that no one mention the possibility of rolling a 300 game. To do so, it is thought, would "jinx" the player.

tripped 4

Sports; Bowling

When the number 2 pin knocks over the number 4 by bouncing off the kickback.

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