Dictionary entry
Skittles
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Definition
skittle /'skÇtl/ n ( esp Brit ) ၁။ [C] (တိုင္ေထာင္ပစ္ကစားနည္း တြင္သံုးေသာ) ပုလင္းပံုတိုင္။ ၂။ skittles [sing v ] တိုင္ေထာင္ပစ္ ကစားနည္း။ Compare TENPIN BOWLING
Examples
- ‘I couldn't find the old skittle alley
- but thankfully they still have a bar.’
- ‘Then on Wednesday at 9.30PM the name of the game is adult skittles and week ends as per usual with Whist on Thursday at 9pm.’
- ‘Adult skittles then finishes off Wednesday's with the games starting at 9.30 am sharp.’
- ‘Activities range from bingo and skittles to discos
- barbecues and occasional outings.’
- ‘In this crude sport one sends a large sphere towards a collection of skittles
- from which one scores ‘points’.’
- ‘Graham used to like playing the odd game of skittles but apart from that they were always together.’
- ‘One of their pastimes was to play skittles with round stones.’
- ‘Reg Hinders won the skittles and billiards titles.’
- ‘The skittles set (the English equivalent to 10-pin bowling) comprised six plastic bowling pins and two plastic balls.’
- ‘On Tuesday there is the healthy cooking class at 7.30 pm
- while adult skittles takes place on Wednesday at 9.30 pm.’
- ‘The last time I recall going there was in about 1983
- to play a game of skittles.’
- ‘More than 100 members meet fortnightly at Woodborough Social Club and enjoy skittles
- pool
- bingo and disco dancing.’
- ‘On Wednesday there is the usual adult skittles at 9.30 pm
- while on Thursday night at 9pm there is the usual whist.’
- ‘His local was the West End Working Men's Club
- in Audley Road
- Chippenham
- and he enjoyed playing darts
- skittles and bingo.’
- ‘On Wednesday there is adult skittles in Dorsey community centre at 9.30 pm.’
- ‘Alex was a real livewire and had loads of energy and many a happy time we had playing football and skittles.’
- ‘He even claimed that it had a skittle alley that was in regular use.’
- ‘Members enjoyed a variety of games
- bingo
- skittles and a guess the baby competition as well as a drinks reception.’
- ‘There were lots of stalls and games
- including darts
- skittles and a hoopla.’
- ‘The daytime activities are free and there will be something for everyone including a mobile skittle alley and a bouncy castle.’