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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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Sandbagger
Sports; Bowling

This is a bowler who deliberately keeps their average down so they will get a higher handicap than they deserve. Sandbagging is also goes on in other sports.

Ball rack
Sports; Bowling

Where the ball is kept before it is rolled and where it comes back to when it is returnd from the pit.

Side-arming
Sports; Bowling

When a bowlers arm pulls away from the body during delivery. Also known as "side-wheeling"

Fit split
Sports; Bowling

A two-pin split where the ball could hit both pins, because the pins are close together.

Ball return
Sports; Bowling

This is a machine that returns the balls to the bowlers.

Five-bagger
Sports; Bowling

When a bowler throws five strikes in a row.

Ball track
Sports; Bowling

That area on a lane where most balls will be rolled.

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