Billiard
of or used in billiards.
carom (def 1).
Historical Examples
Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy Francis Miltoun
Indian Conjuring L. H. Branson
The Story of the “Britannia” E. P. Statham
Under the Rebel’s Reign Charles Neufeld
The Furnace Rose Macaulay
The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine
Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground Victor Appleton
L’Assommoir Emile Zola
Fifty Years In The Northwest William Henry Carman Folsom
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 Various
noun
(modifier) of or relating to billiards: a billiard table, a billiard cue, a billiard ball
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