billiardistn.
A billiard-player.
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billiard-player1790
billiardist1865
cueist1870
pool shark1886
knight of the cue1887
pool shooter1896
1865 Philadelphia Sun. Mercury 15 Oct. 6/3 Nelms, the great billiardist, covered himself with glory.
1888 St. Louis Globe Democrat 24 Jan. (Farmer) Each competitor has put up fifty dollars entrance money in Billiardist Daly's hands.
1901 Daily Chron. 3 Apr. 6/6 A player, like a billiardist, would require practice to be successful.
1921 Glasgow Herald 18 Jan. 6 Smith's rise to fame as a billiardist.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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