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billiards

bil.liards \-y*rdz\ n [MF billard billiard cue, billiards, fr. bille] pl 
   but sing or pl in constr  : any of several games played on an oblong table 
   by driving small balls ag ainst one another or into pockets with a cue; 
   specif : a game in which one scored by causing a cue ball to hit in 
   succession two object balls