billiardist

I have a billiardist on the premises, & walk not less than ten miles every day with the cue in my hand.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

His rifle work was a revelation of genius -- like the work of a prodigious young pianist or billiardist in the midst of mere natural excellence.

Son of Power Zamin Ki Dost 1905

Liubka about his being an earl's son on the wrong side of the blanket, and that he was the first billiardist in the whole city; that all the wenches like him and that he would make a swell Jane out of Liubka as well.

Yama: the pit Bernard Guilbert Guerney 1904

Instead of the tact which animated the smooth-tongued Tap, he developed swagger and "side," and talked largely of his powers as a billiardist, and patronizingly to the men who made matches between themselves and declined even his bets.

Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush G. Firth Scott 1900

I have a billiardist on the premises, & walk not less than ten miles every day with the cue in my hand.

Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

I have a billiardist on the premises, & walk not less than ten miles every day with the cue in my hand.

Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

It was while a member of the Athletic Club of Philadelphia that I made my debut as a billiardist in public.

A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson Adrian Constantine Anson 1887

Forest City Club of Cleveland, Ohio, and who at that time enjoyed a wide reputation as a billiardist as well as a ball player.

A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson Adrian Constantine Anson 1887

Several other young braves had come into the yard, and were idly tossing the lance at the great chungke-pole -- as a billiardist of the civilized life of that day might pocket the balls with a purposeless cue after a match.

The Frontiersmen Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

The "billiardist on the premises" was the writer of these notes, who, earlier in the year, had become his biographer, and, in the course of time, his daily companion and friend.

Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) Mark Twain 1872