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Bowling

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alley   the sixty feet of pine or maple on which you roll the ball; known as the "lane" in today's bowling talk  
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approach   maple area behind the foul line where the bowler makes his delivery  
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arrow   aiming devise located on the lane approximately 15 ft. out from the foul line  
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double   two consecutive strikes  
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foul line   the one-half inch black plastic strip that separates the approach from the lane  
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frame   one-tenth part of a game; one of ten score boxes in which the score of the game is registered  
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gutter ball   misdirected ball that rolls off the lane into the gutter  
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headpin   the pin at the apex of the triangle formed by the ten pins; the number one pin  
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houseball   a ball provided by the bowling alley for customer use  
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lane   another name for alley  
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leadoff   the first person in the line-up  
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league   an organized group of teams bowling on a regular, formal basis, under a specific code of rules and regulations  
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lofting   throwing the ball out on the lane well beyond the foul line  
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mark   a strike or a spare  
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open frame   a frame without a strike or a spare  
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pocket   the area between 1 and 3 pins; the strike zone  
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set-up   all ten pins are standing in their triangular pattern  
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sleeper   a pin which is concealed from view by another pin  
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spare   knocking down all ten pins in one frame with two rolls of the ball  
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split   when the first ball leaves two or more pins standing with at least the width of a pin between the standing pins  
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strike   knocking down all ten pins with the first ball in a frame  
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strike-out   finish with three consecutive strikes in the tenth frame  
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sweep   the metal mechanism that clears the pin deck after every delivery of the ball  
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triple or turkey   three consecutive strikes  
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