Billiard
[biljәd]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to billiards; 'a billiard ball'; 'a billiard cue'; 'a billiard table' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the game of billiards.
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Billiards, foretell coming troubles to the dreamer. Law suits and contentions over property. Slander will get in her work to your detriment. If you see table and balls idle, deceitful comrades are undermining you{.}
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Examples
- The Story in a Billiard Table[24] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I went into the kitchen, the butler's pantry, the gun-room, the billiard-room, the drawing-room, and finally the dining-room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There's where the ball-room's to be, with a gallery connecting it: billiard-room and so on above. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Out loud I said, Tell the Count Greffi I will be in the billiard-room at five o'clock. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The book, however, had been left in the billiard-room, so I pulled on my dressing-gown and started off to get it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Begging your pardon, ma'am, it wasn't a billiard saloon, but a gymnasium, and I was taking a lesson in fencing. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Some of the gentlemen were gone to the stables: the younger ones, together with the younger ladies, were playing billiards in the billiard-room. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Happily Lydgate had ended by losing in the billiard-room, and brought away no encouragement to make a raid on luck. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There are more billiard players in the United States than there are baseball players; not mere spectators, but actual players. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- What were you doing, sir, up in that billiard saloon? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It seems to join the billiard-room on purpose. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The billiard-marker and the other? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- What the devil does Sir John mean by not having a billiard room in his house? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- On the Friday night, as Betteredge truly describes it, she had found me alone at the billiard-table. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The billiard expert is not satisfied unless the whole rail is changed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I'd like to play a few more games at billiards with him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Some of the gentlemen were gone to the stables: the younger ones, together with the younger ladies, were playing billiards in the billiard-room. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They seem for the most part shabby in attire, dingy of linen, lovers of billiards and brandy, and cigars and greasy ordinaries. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If your son John took to billiards, now, he'd make a fool of himself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- From that time to the present the tide of popularity for billiards as the premier indoor game has been steadily rising. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Cotton’s Compleat Gamster published in 1674, refers to billiards as This most gentle, cleanly and ingenious game. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Horse billiards is a fine game. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Shakespeare, in Anthony and Cleopatra (Act II, Scene 5), makes the latter say, Let us to billiards. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He played a lovely game of billiards and with the handicap I was only four ahead at fifty. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- One hot Saturday night, after Mr. Edison had looked over the evening papers, he said to me: 'Do you want to play a game of billiards? Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Gad, I'll write him a note, and have him; and I'll try if he can play piquet as well as billiards. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Billiards was brought to America by the Spaniards who settled St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I asked Mrs. Fairfax if she had seen him;--yes: she believed he was playing billiards with Miss Ingram. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Billiards was the game of the aristocracy and the Puritan hated not only the aristocrat, but the style and color of his clothes, the cut of his hair, as well as the games he played. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Carom and pocket billiards are so different that either they must be played on separate tables, or else the rails are so constructed as to be interchangeable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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