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Topic: OTHER GAMES

Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: billard '(stick used in) billiards', from bille 'piece of wood, stick'

billiards

 noun
     
bil‧liards [uncountable]
DGO a game played on a cloth-covered table in which balls are hit with a cue (=a long stick) against each other and into pockets at the edge of the table [↪ pool, snooker]
—billiard adjective [only before noun]
a billiard table
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