Verb (used with object) : to be snookered by a mail order company. From Dictionary.com.
Using the word snooker, primary school pupils sent in hundreds of entries. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It has been described as snooker's equivalent of Twenty20. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
It has been described as snooker's version of Twenty/20 cricket. From Wordnik.com. [RTÉ News] Reference
But then he’s also tell you that snooker is all about tidying up. From Wordnik.com. [Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » Casual semantics] Reference
Cancer-ravaged Alex Higgins - dubbed snooker's 'People's Champion' - was found dead and alone in bed at his humble flat yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
The building is presently classified as a snooker hall but is being used as a mosque, which would continue if the new plans went ahead. From Wordnik.com. [The Asian News - RSS feed] Reference
Ooh the snooker is on now. From Wordnik.com. [The One With The Day's Annoyance] Reference
Prisoners locked up in the "snooker" are allowed to go to the toilet only once a day. From Wordnik.com. [Countercurrents.org] Reference
Hardly the kind of thing one would want to put out there if one were trying to "snooker" people. From Wordnik.com. [Jihad Monitor] Reference
The trouble with a quasi-expensive sport such as snooker is that a talented individual can get only so far. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
No, there's no getting away from it, snooker is not cool. From Wordnik.com. [Could Peter Ebdon become snooker's unlikely saviour?] Reference
Lack of action attracting criticism despite snooker inquiries. From Wordnik.com. [Match-fixing: Why is the Gambling Commission so anonymous?] Reference
'Right, there was five at last count, up in the snooker hall. From Wordnik.com. [Civvies]
Earlier, snooker stars joined mourners at the funeral service. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Higgins funeral: Tributes to snooker legend with 'heart of a lion'] Reference
There's been snooker in Glasgow this weekend and he's watched it. From Wordnik.com. [John Higgins: 'It's the hardest thing ? people doubting me'] Reference
If I wasn't still restless I'd watch the snooker, but I am so I won't. From Wordnik.com. [calmish Diary Entry] Reference
He could bury the colors on a snooker table faster than a strike of lightning. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Black: Snookered: The Death of Hurricane Higgins] Reference
A four-handed game of snooker is in as rapid progress as is reasonably possible. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 25, 1917] Reference
The pool table shrinks against the snooker table, which measures twelve feet long. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Black: Snookered: The Death of Hurricane Higgins] Reference
I still detest football and cricket and every other sport besides snooker and tennis. From Wordnik.com. [calmish Diary Entry] Reference
He peered through a doorway marked "saloon," but it was empty except for a snooker table. From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
I just entered the snooker competition for the Embassy world championship at the Crucible. From Wordnik.com. [calmish Diary Entry] Reference
Hurricane Higgins revolutionized his sport and helped make snooker a British TV phenomenon. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Black: Snookered: The Death of Hurricane Higgins] Reference
Higgins has not picked up a snooker cue since the News of the World story erupted on 2 May. From Wordnik.com. [John Higgins: 'It's the hardest thing ? people doubting me'] Reference
He did say the commission has anti-corruption work under way in two separate snooker matches. From Wordnik.com. [Match-fixing: Why is the Gambling Commission so anonymous?] Reference
The national press sensed snooker had changed and that there was an unusual character at the centre of it. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Higgins, snooker's anti-hero, dies aged 61] Reference
His 16-15 semi-final win over Jimmy White provided the most often reprised item from the BBC's snooker footage. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Higgins, snooker's anti-hero, dies aged 61] Reference
Tales of dashing centuries, bust-ups, punch-ups, drinking, gambling and women spread through the snooker world. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Higgins, snooker's anti-hero, dies aged 61] Reference
But when Ronnie O'Sullivan says that Higgins was the greatest snooker player ever, he is a long way off the mark. From Wordnik.com. [Formula One, Integrity Nil: Ferrari and the worst brand of cheating] Reference
When snooker could no longer serve as the glue to hold his life together he made no concessions, no pleas for sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Higgins, snooker's anti-hero, dies aged 61] Reference
Mr. Higgins is widely credited with elevating snooker from an obscure parlor game to an international tournament sport. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Goodbye] Reference
Outside snooker and long-forgotten 70s balladry, the 2002 world champion's interests seem no more likely to engage the public. From Wordnik.com. [Could Peter Ebdon become snooker's unlikely saviour?] Reference
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