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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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Sports; Bowling

In the scorecard this is a symbol for a strike.

American Bowling Congress (ABC)

Sports; Bowling

This is the organization for tenpin bowling that is the official rule making for the sport. The organization has members in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and all US military around the ...

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.

double century (CC)

Sports; Bowling

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

dead on arrival (D.O.A.)

Sports; Bowling

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

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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