bocce

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Similar to curling or lawn bowling, bocce is a low-key, easy-going sport where participants roll a ball along the ground and try to get it closest to the target - a smaller ball.

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  1. noun A game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling that is played with wooden balls on a long narrow court covered with fine gravel.

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  • Plus, bocce was a sport that could be played with a beer in one hand. —  EQMM,November2007
  • Friday at the bocce, track and field and tennis venues. —  zanesvilletimesrecorder.com - Local News
  • The Italian community had its own social clubs, such as the Italian Pleasure Club that held picnics at Berlin Pond, where bocce was played followed by a meal of polenta —  TimesArgus.com: Sports
  • Afterwards, we'll play lawn games in the yard (croquette, bocce, cornhole - renamed "love bags" for the day) and sip spiked lemonade. —  love is blonde
  • Athletes will compete in bocce, roller skating, soccer, tennis, golf and volleyball. —  Anderson Independent Mail Stories
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  1. Italian bocce, pl. of boccia, ball.
 

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