† game-castn.ObsoleteBowls a winning ball placed so as to make victory certain.
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1724 Bp. Downes in W. Nicolson Epist. Corr. 584 A Game-cast lay so near the Jack, that there was no drawing it, or possibility of saving the game without driving the Jack out of the green.