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or bocci
or bocce
: a game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling played on a long narrow usually dirt court
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The same is true of pétanque, or boules, a bowling game that originated about 1910 in southern France and is often confused with boccie.
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Mike Morris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos also explicitly used the shareholder letter to talk up the small businesses that sell slacks or boccie balls on Amazon in return for giving a cut of sales and other fees to the e-commerce giant.
—Washington Post, 19 July 2019
Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos also explicitly used the shareholder letter to talk up the small businesses that sell slacks or boccie balls on Amazon in return for giving a cut of sales and other fees to the e-commerce giant.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
Guests now play boccie — there are seven indoor and two outdoor courts — where clanging slot machines once dominated the casino.
—Jay Jones, latimes.com, 25 May 2017
Mike Morris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos also explicitly used the shareholder letter to talk up the small businesses that sell slacks or boccie balls on Amazon in return for giving a cut of sales and other fees to the e-commerce giant.
—Washington Post, 19 July 2019
Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos also explicitly used the shareholder letter to talk up the small businesses that sell slacks or boccie balls on Amazon in return for giving a cut of sales and other fees to the e-commerce giant.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
Guests now play boccie — there are seven indoor and two outdoor courts — where clanging slot machines once dominated the casino.
—Jay Jones, latimes.com, 25 May 2017
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Word History
Etymology
Italian bocce, plural of boccia ball, from Vulgar Latin *bottia boss
First Known Use
1828, in the meaning defined above
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