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Meaning of skiddles | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A game played on ice in which sticks are thrown at pins to knock them over.

dated, uncountable

Examples

“Probably you'd prefer playing Skiddles in such a way that there is a possibility of winning the game, or at least ending it! If that is so you'll have to change the real rules a little.”
“If there is a need or desire for more games or play equipment in the camp, here is the book that tells how the campers can make them — table tennis, shuffleboard, paddle tennis, box hockey, skiddles, dart baseball, exo, and scores of others”
“Several antique games, such as a skiddles table, occupy an upstairs anteroom.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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