IN THE COMMENTS: Here's how my ultra-sophisticated commenter Bissage clues me in that "skittle" is the wrong word. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
The skittle – playing came off with immense success. From Wordnik.com. [The Chimes] Reference
There were two bowling-greens in it, and a skittle-alley. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Old Liverpool] Reference
I popped it like a skittle – just as tart, a little bitter. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-05-01] Reference
Finally we went to a skittle ground, where we stayed for some time. From Wordnik.com. [Look Back on Happiness] Reference
Oh, how quickly people skittle scuttle across the public stage these days!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
There was a much frequented skittle-alley there, where women played as well as men. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference
Rather, it was excellent lines and sharp catching that helped to skittle the Aussies. From Wordnik.com. [Watch the Cricket? It Was Rather Exciting] Reference
Nowadays a man is taken away from his boat-racing and his skittle-ground to be made a judge. From Wordnik.com. [Castle Richmond] Reference
A big man like a skittle, he did the penguin walk when his trousers crutch drooped to his knees. From Wordnik.com. [Grass « First 50 Words – Writing Prompts] Reference
Quoits hung up on several large nails driven into a wall, and there was a covered skittle alley. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
He frosted it with intense concentration, topped it with some lovely skittle candy and lit it up!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
He took seven wickets and Kumble took three to skittle out SA for only 222 runs in their 2nd innings. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-12-01] Reference
I myself liked to stand by the splintery lath trough, in which the skittle-boy rolled back the balls. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference
With this view he took a few turns up and down the skittle – ground, and did not re – enter the house until. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
I'll play you any cramp game you like - shell-out, skittle pool, pyramids, caroline, doublet or go-back. 5 What d'ye say?. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Writer] Reference
Why, then, despise the skittle-alley, the gramophone, those expressions of the spirit of my friend in the billy-cock hat?. From Wordnik.com. [The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays] Reference
It had a large room with an organ, skittle-alleys, and cosy arbours for those who liked to consume their refreshments out of doors. From Wordnik.com. [Inns and Taverns of Old London] Reference
James Groves — Jem Groves — honest Jem Groves, as is a man of unblemished moral character, and has a good dry skittle – ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Curiosity Shop] Reference
Captain Pausert saw Goth, no longer in a barrel and no longer encased in ferroplast, slowly topple over like a round-bottomed skittle. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
At the ninth stroke, a third young gentleman emerged from the door leading to the skittle ground, and bowing low, awaited his commands. From Wordnik.com. [Barnaby Rudge] Reference
The skittle-playing came off with immense success. From Wordnik.com. [The Chimes] Reference
Media Monkey: Time Out skittle the media opposition. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Chapple's six wickets helped skittle Worcestershire for 167. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
This will take place in the skittle alley of The White hart in. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Mohammad Akram turns on the style to skittle Kenilworth Wardens. From Wordnik.com. [icCoventry] Reference
I skittle over the bumps, twist my board and thump into the snow headfirst. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
Yes -- in the skittle-alley a gentleman was standing who wore a bowler hat. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy] Reference
England would skittle the Shine-produced Aussie version, which is slated to air early next year. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
The hosts then followed it up with a solid bowling and fielding to skittle out the visitors for 115 with nine balls to spare. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
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