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for Skittles
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Skittles \Skit"tles\, n. pl. [Of Scand. origin. [root]159. See
Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shuttle, Skit, v. t.]
An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing
wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
skittles
n 1: a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball
down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins [syn:
ninepins, skittles]
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