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Meanings of balk line in English

Russian
карамболь
Portuguese
bilhar
Spanish
carambola
Catalan
billar francès
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Billiards games played on cloth-covered pocketless tables.

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        карамболь
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        Examples for "carom"
        Examples for "carom"
        1
        He nearly fell in his effort not to carom into them.
        To the blight: the eye of the world
        2
        Arvidsson scooped up the carom and wired a wrister past Andersen.
        Reuters
        3
        Patrick Sharp retrieved the carom and passed it to Faksa, who then scored.
        Reuters
        4
        Van Riemsdyk was in the slot to knock in the carom.
        Reuters
        5
        Max stopped in the act of trying for a carom, and stared at his sister.
        The Wharf by the Docks: A Novel
        1
        The lamps were lighted, the table uncovered and ready, Carambole in his place, albeit it was months since any player had entered the room.
        Phantom Fortune, a Novel
        1
        There is hardly a straight rail in the track.
        The University of Hard Knocks
        Usage of balk line in English
        1
        The result was that I agreed to play him a match 300 points up at the fourteen-inch balk -line game for stakes of $100 a side.
        A Ball Player's Career / Being the Personal Experiences and Remi...
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