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/ˈpɪdʒ(ɪ)nhəʊlz/ · noun
(games, historical, obsolete) An outdoor game played in the 17th and early 18th centuries in which each player bowls a ball towards targets (probably small compartments)..
[Godfrey] Speed[well]. […] [H]ave you ſuch gold to give? / [Innocent] Lamb[skin]. Yes, yes, has vvon it betting at the bovvling Alleys, / Or at the Pigeon-holes in the Garden Alleyes.
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Pigeonholes means (games, historical, obsolete) An outdoor game played in the 17th and early 18th centuries in which each player bowls a ball towards targets (probably small compartments)..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[Godfrey] Speed[well]. […] [H]ave you ſuch gold to give? / [Innocent] Lamb[skin]. Yes, yes, has vvon it betting at the bovvling Alleys, / Or at the Pigeon-holes in the Garden Alleyes.
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