Skee-Balln.

/ˈskiːbɔːl/

Forms: Also skeeball.

Etymology: < ski n. or ski v. + ball n.¹

An indoor game in which balls set rolling down an alley are projected over a hump or otherwise into targets. Also attributive.Skee-Ball is a proprietary term in the U.S.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > bagatelle and similar games > [noun]

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hole1611

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Mississippi1728

bumble-puppy1794

bubble the justice1801

bagatelle1819

cockamaroo1850

pigs in clover1889

pinball1911

pinball game1911

Skee-Ball1923

Corinthian bagatelle1933

pachinko1949

1923 Daily Mail 11 June 3 The game of Skeeball is an American invention which has been in increasing operation in the United States for some six years. It is the latest development of the game of bowls, sharply distinguished from all similar games by a hump in the centre of the alley which causes the ball to leap high in the air and enter a target.

1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies xviii. 258 Ernest played skeeball because it was the nearest thing to skittles, and he won a china dog.

1974 J. Wainwright Evidence I shall Give xxiv. 121 A Skee-Ball set-up with six lanes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	skee-ball
释义	Skee-Balln. /ˈskiːbɔːl/ Forms: Also skeeball. Etymology: < ski n. or ski v. + ball n.¹ An indoor game in which balls set rolling down an alley are projected over a hump or otherwise into targets. Also attributive.Skee-Ball is a proprietary term in the U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > bagatelle and similar games > [noun] troll-madam1572 nine holes1573 pigeonholes1608 small trunksc1610 hole1611 trucks1671 roly-poly1707 Mississippi1728 bumble-puppy1794 bubble the justice1801 bagatelle1819 cockamaroo1850 pigs in clover1889 pinball1911 pinball game1911 Skee-Ball1923 Corinthian bagatelle1933 pachinko1949 1923 Daily Mail 11 June 3 The game of Skeeball is an American invention which has been in increasing operation in the United States for some six years. It is the latest development of the game of bowls, sharply distinguished from all similar games by a hump in the centre of the alley which causes the ball to leap high in the air and enter a target. 1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies xviii. 258 Ernest played skeeball because it was the nearest thing to skittles, and he won a china dog. 1974 J. Wainwright Evidence I shall Give xxiv. 121 A Skee-Ball set-up with six lanes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1923
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