cueist

[ kyoo-ist ]

noun

1. a billiard player.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cueist¹

First recorded in 1865–70; cue ² + -ist

Example Sentences

They examined me as a rider, as a driver, as a shootist, as a cueist, in fact, in a range of subjects which I will not even venture to enumerate.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Stevenson, the incomparable cueist, sends this pithy distich:— "Big guns are useful in their way, 'tis true, But nursery cannons have their uses too."

From Project Gutenberg

Is that Thomas, the wonderful cueist, by the way?

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