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‖ pétanque|petɑ̃k|
[Fr.]
A game, resembling bowls, played orig. and chiefly in southern France. Also attrib. Cf. boule4 2.
1955Times 8 Aug. 8/7 No longer the fraternal glass of pastis..no longer..the earnest game of pétanque, that travesty of bowls. 1956N. Ryan tr. Simenon's My Friend Maigret vii. 112 Two old men were playing bowls, pétanque style, that is without sending the jack more than a few yards from their feet. 1963N. Freeling Because of Cats vii. 105 Cunning little French butane stoves and the chi-chi of le camping, huge rubber water-wings, pétanque sets and elaborate German beach toys. 1967G. Bellairs Single Ticket to Death i. 7 Littlejohn and Dorange were playing pétanque... The players, with a twist of the wrist, hurled their steel balls at the small wooden jack. 1972A. H. Haynes Story of Bowls i. 7 In..Petanque..a small marker ball is thrown a distance of up to ten yards; occasionally the distance is doubled and in this event, remarkable skill is demonstrated by the players in putting top and side spin on the heavy steel balls bowled under⁓arm towards the marker ball. 1977Times 25 Apr. 16/7 The finals of the London pétanque championship. |