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Bowling

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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Swing shot
Sports; Bowling

This shot is aimed at the third arrow then goes to second and back to pocket. Used by bowlers with a lot of hook in their throw.

Hole
Sports; Bowling

The 1-3 pocket or the 1-2 for left handed bowlers. See Pocket.

Hard way
Sports; Bowling

Picking up a 2-7 or 3-10 by deflecting the front pin into the backpin. This as opposed to hitting both pins with the ball.

Charts
Sports; Bowling

These are records that bowlers keep which they can refer back to remind them how to play a given lane.

Strike split
Sports; Bowling

This is a 8-10 split for right-handed bowlers and a 7-9 split for left-handed bowlers. The bowler thought that they were going to get a strike but end up with a split.

Head pin
Sports; Bowling

The very front pin or number 1 pin of a rack.

Cheesy cakes
Sports; Bowling

These are lanes on are easy to get strikes on.

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