pool-room

The rules of these early variations on pool (and forerunners of snooker) are to be found in "Captain Crawley's" standard Victorian work, Billiards, which is a mine of practical information and billiards lore, and contains much information on pool-room sharks and-swindles.

The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

But in the next few days I had other things to distract me from Elspeth's nonsense; my jape in the pool-room with the little greenhorn came home to roost, and in the most unexpected way.

The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

And to cap it all, the brute had the effrontery to challenge me to a game of billiards - and beat me hollow, too, in the presence of Albert and half a dozen others: I had to be certain there was a good crowd on hand, for God knows what he'd have tried if we'd gone to the pool-room alone.

Fiancée 2010

He couldn't have been more than eighteen, but I'd noticed his clothes were beautifully cut, although hardly what you'd call pool-room fashion; more like Sunday in the country.

The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

Another door stood within a couple of yards of the pool-room door.

The Limit Kristen Landon 2010

His own pool-room analysts had been telling him "Since the beginning of the year, traffic on image-hosting sites overall .. (had) shot up 406 percent to more than 14.7 million unique users ... 10 percent of the total U.S. Internet population."

Archive 2005-09-01 Ben Barren 2005

His own pool-room analysts had been telling him "Since the beginning of the year, traffic on image-hosting sites overall .. (had) shot up 406 percent to more than 14.7 million unique users ... 10 percent of the total U.S. Internet population."

Web 2.0 Playboy Mansion Mashup Ben Barren 2005

It had to be, to hold so many people; a large pool-room, honey­combed with darkness beyond.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

And to cap it all, the brute had the effrontery to challenge me to a game of billiards - and beat me hollow, too, in the presence of Albert and half a dozen others: I had to be certain there was a good crowd on hand, for God knows what he'd have tried if we'd gone to the pool-room alone.

Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

And to cap it all, the brute had the effrontery to challenge me to a game of billiards — and beat me hollow, too, in the presence of Albert and half a dozen others: I had to be certain there was a good crowd on hand, for God knows what he'd have tried if we'd gone to the pool-room alone.

Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975