Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In billiards, a shot which barely moves the first object-ball; also, one which barely misses the second.

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Examples

  • Her black hair-shot with silver-gray-was not neat, as at functions, but unruly, and she had a black smudge above one eyebrow.

    The Death of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1995

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