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boules
/ bul /
plural noun
- functioning as singular a game, popular in France, in which metal bowls are thrown to land as near as possible to a target ball. It is played on rough surfaces
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Word History and Origins
Origin of boules1
plural of boule ball 1; see bowl ²
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Example Sentences
For the men of Cagnes were engrossed in the favorite sport of the Midi, jeu aux boules.
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Presently a carriage was heard rolling away up the Rue de Deux-Boules.
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Rue des Deux-Boules existed under another name in the twelfth century.
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Rue des Deux-Boules dates under other names from the twelfth century.
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As is well known, the rough material is formed in boules or pear-shaped drops under an inverted blowpipe.
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