BOWLING ALLEY Definition & Meaning

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bowling alley

[ boh-ling al-ee ]

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noun

a building or enclosed area containing a number of lanes or alleys for the game of bowling.
any of these long, narrow wooden lanes or alleys.

bowling alley

noun

1. a long narrow wooden lane down which the ball is rolled in tenpin bowling
2. a similar lane or alley, usually with raised sides, for playing skittles (ninepins)
a building having several lanes for tenpin bowling

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Origin of bowling alley¹

First recorded in 1545–55

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When out and about at a bar, or at a bowling alley, the couple say that when people rudely stare at them, they wish they'd just say, "Hi."

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They then fled in the hair mogul’s car and he dumped the knife in a hole and tossed his clothes near a bowling alley.

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The factory plant, the bowling alley and poker night are, along with the bedroom, the main points of his existence.

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Called Animate, it is located at Preston's former indoor market area in the Harris Quarter and includes an eight-screen cinema, bowling alley and street food hub, and a cocktail bar.

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To his trained eye, the nearly vertical strip of new growth was a telling sign that we were slogging across the high-alpine version of a bowling alley.

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