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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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Fill ball
Sports; Bowling

This is a final third ball in the 10th-frame, thrown after a spare or the second of two strikes. This ball will determine the bowler's final score.

Backup
Sports; Bowling

This is a ball that falls away in the wrong direction, to the right when bowled by right-handed bowlers or to the left for left-handed bowlers.

Shadow ball
Sports; Bowling

A ball rolled in practise when the pins are not present.

Backup alley
Sports; Bowling

This is a lane that tends to prevent a ball from falling away to the right or left. See Above.

Short pin
Sports; Bowling

A pin that is rolling or spinning but is unsuccessful in reaching and knocking over a standing pin.

Armswing
Sports; Bowling

This is the arc of the bowlers bowling arm and hand and is measured from the first move toward the foul line until the ball is delivered over the foul line.

Sandwich game
Sports; Bowling

A 200 game resulting by alternating strikes and spares. See Dutch 200.

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