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skit·tle (skit′'l)

noun

  1. a British form of ninepins in which a wooden disk or ball is used to knock down the pins
  2. any of these pins

Etymology: prob. < Scand cognate of shuttle (as in Dan skyttel, a shuttle, marble)

skittle Idioms

(not) all beer and skittles

(not) pure pleasure and enjoyment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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