pocket billiards
noun
plural in form but usually singular in construction
: pool sense 2b
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In that respect, high-level croquet is a mix of outdoor chess and pocket billiards. 
Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 20 Oct. 2019 Snooker is an unfamiliar sport for many Americans — a cousin of cue games like pocket billiards, though played on a surface about four times the size of your average pub pool table. Charlie Campbell / Beijing, Time, 19 Apr. 2018
Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 20 Oct. 2019 Snooker is an unfamiliar sport for many Americans — a cousin of cue games like pocket billiards, though played on a surface about four times the size of your average pub pool table. Charlie Campbell / Beijing, Time, 19 Apr. 2018 Word History
First Known Use
1910, in the meaning defined above