What is an English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins called?
skittles — An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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