| 单词 | kelly pool |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKelly pool 1. (With capital initial.) A type of pool (pool n.3 2) using fifteen balls (see quot. 1934). In full, Kelly pool. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > varieties of game carambole1775 portobello1777 carambole game1807 go-back game1839 pyramid1850 pin pool1864 shell-out1866 pocket billiards1871 pocket pool1877 snooker('s) pool1889 puff billiards1897 kelly1898 slosh1938 bar billiards1966 1898 Handbk. Rules of Billiards (Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.) (rev. ed.) 78 The game of Kelly pool is played with fifteen numbered balls, and one white ball not numbered. 1913 Billiards Mag. Oct. 25 (caption) A ‘Nine’ of billiard notables gathered from different states by Artist Carlson for a pictorial game at ‘Kelly’. 1918 Billiards Mag. Jan. 55/1 A new idea for the old game of Kelly. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Kelly pool, a variety of fifteen-ball pool in which each player draws a number and, while playing on the object balls in numerical order, aims to pocket the ball of the number corresponding to his own, thereby winning the game. 1948 A. Menjou & M. M. Musselman It took Nine Tailors 29 The only sports I cared to indulge in personally were Kelly pool and bowling. < as lemmas |
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