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Terms of or pertaining to a sport in which the object of the game is to knock over a set of pins by rolling a heavy ball across a defined boundary.

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Move out
Sports; Bowling

When a bowler starts from or near a corner position on the approach.

Mule ears
Sports; Bowling

A 7-10 split. Also called: bedposts, fence posts, goal posts, snake eyes.

Nose hit
Sports; Bowling

A first ball hit straight on the head-pin. The result is usually a split.

Nothing ball
Sports; Bowling

A ball that is ineffective when it hits the pins.

One-in-the-dark
Sports; Bowling

A pin in the rear in a 1-5, 2-8 or 3-9 spare. Also called a: barmaid, bicycle, double wood, mother-in-law, sleeper, tandem.

Holding alley
Sports; Bowling

A lane that prevents or defies the hooking action of a ball.

Cincinnati
Sports; Bowling

This is an 8-10 split. Why it is called Cincinnati we don't know.

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