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Definition of English pool

: a pool game in which each player draws one of the colored balls which he uses as cue ball and must play on the color next in a fixed order, being put out of the game when his ball is pocketed three times

— called also color-ball pool

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“English pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/English%20pool. Accessed 7 Jul. 2022.

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