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SKITTLE (7)
skittle
skittle, skittles, skittled, skittling - n
a wooden pin used in a bowling game
Skittles is a historical lawn game and target sport of European origin, from which the modern sport of nine-pin bowling is descended. In regions of the United Kingdom and Ireland the game remains as a popular indoor pub game.
etymology
game played with nine pins, a ball, and an alley, 1630s, plural of skittle, the word for the pins used in the game, which probably is from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish and Norwegian skyttel "shuttle, child's toy"). But OED says there is no evidence of a connection. Related: Skittle-ball; skittle-alley. Beer and skittles "unmixed enjoyment" is by 1837 (with porter in place of beer).
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