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

  1. ‘I couldn't find the old skittle alley
  2. but thankfully they still have a bar.’
  3. ‘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.’
  4. ‘Adult skittles then finishes off Wednesday's with the games starting at 9.30 am sharp.’
  5. ‘Activities range from bingo and skittles to discos
  6. barbecues and occasional outings.’
  7. ‘In this crude sport one sends a large sphere towards a collection of skittles
  8. from which one scores ‘points’.’
  9. ‘Graham used to like playing the odd game of skittles but apart from that they were always together.’
  10. ‘One of their pastimes was to play skittles with round stones.’
  11. ‘Reg Hinders won the skittles and billiards titles.’
  12. ‘The skittles set (the English equivalent to 10-pin bowling) comprised six plastic bowling pins and two plastic balls.’
  13. ‘On Tuesday there is the healthy cooking class at 7.30 pm
  14. while adult skittles takes place on Wednesday at 9.30 pm.’
  15. ‘The last time I recall going there was in about 1983
  16. to play a game of skittles.’
  17. ‘More than 100 members meet fortnightly at Woodborough Social Club and enjoy skittles
  18. pool
  19. bingo and disco dancing.’
  20. ‘On Wednesday there is the usual adult skittles at 9.30 pm
  21. while on Thursday night at 9pm there is the usual whist.’
  22. ‘His local was the West End Working Men's Club
  23. in Audley Road
  24. Chippenham
  25. and he enjoyed playing darts
  26. skittles and bingo.’
  27. ‘On Wednesday there is adult skittles in Dorsey community centre at 9.30 pm.’
  28. ‘Alex was a real livewire and had loads of energy and many a happy time we had playing football and skittles.’
  29. ‘He even claimed that it had a skittle alley that was in regular use.’
  30. ‘Members enjoyed a variety of games
  31. bingo
  32. skittles and a guess the baby competition as well as a drinks reception.’
  33. ‘There were lots of stalls and games
  34. including darts
  35. skittles and a hoopla.’
  36. ‘The daytime activities are free and there will be something for everyone including a mobile skittle alley and a bouncy castle.’