Jamie reached over and took the bilboquet from the boy. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
He shook his head, and reached out a hand for the bilboquet. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Jamie was holding a bilboquet in one hand, and had the other poised over one eye. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
The child Fergus, after a brief, incurious glance at us, had resumed his trials with the bilboquet. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Placing the hand over his eye, he fixed the other piercingly on the bilboquet and gave the ivory cup a toss. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Fergus, apparently hardened to the sight of female limbs, ignored me altogether, concentrating grimly on the bilboquet. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
I saw the boy Fergus's eyes focus at a spot somewhat past the bilboquet, where a tray of iced cakes stood on a table near the wall. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
The boy, understanding none of the English in which these exchanges were conducted, ignored them, intent on trying to work the bilboquet with one eye closed. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
I am trying to set up the noble game of bilboquet against it, and composing a grammar in opposition to Mr. Hoyle's. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1] Reference
Fel, and that we both played at bilboquet. 65 65. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau] Reference
bilboquet, children's games, conkers, ducks and drakes, fox and geese, marbles. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
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