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king ball
king ball n. (a) (with capital initials) U.S. = king's ball n. at Compounds 5b; (b) (in an early form of billiards) a ball which must be struck at the start of a round by another ball in order to initiate scoring (now historical).
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1830 French Village in M. R. Mitford Stories Amer. Life I. 84 My host informed me that a ‘King-ball’ was to be given at the house of a neighbour.
1886 G. H. Benedict Spaldings Hand Bk. Sporting Rules 18 The king ball is placed on the spot, and the player strikes at it with the other colored ball, endeavoring to hole it and his own ball by the same stroke.
1907 J. Tyndall in A. L. Draper Self Culture for Young People VI. 286 The object is to place the balls, including the King Ball, in the holes.
1960 E. A. Davis Story Louisiana I. viii. 94 The King Ball had many variations in the villages and communities of French Louisiana.
1990 L. T. Cummins in B. H. Wall et al. Louisiana (ed. 2) i. 51 Entertainments known as ‘King Balls’, usually held near Epiphany, celebrated the close of the Christmas season.
1993 M. I. Shamos Illustr. Encycl. Billiards 89/1 English Bagatelle,..bagatelle played with a special king ball, which must be struck by some other ball at the beginning of each round before any score is possible.
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