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bowls

/ əʊ /

noun

    1. a game played on a bowling green in which a small bowl (the jack) is pitched from a mark and two opponents or opposing teams take turns to roll biased wooden bowls towards it, the object being to finish as near the jack as possible

    2. ( as modifier )

      a bowls tournament

  1. skittles or tenpin bowling

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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I fantasized about eating an array of bubble plate-friendly foods: crudités, scoops of vanilla ice cream drizzled in olive oil and elaborate yogurt bowls topped with fancy granola, cut-up fruit and cacao nibs.

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It wasn't that long ago that he was having sleepovers at the White House and sharing bowls of ice cream late at night with the president.

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Inside the room, the furniture was covered in sheets and there were "little bowls" on the floor with bottles of baby oil.

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