Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A variation of croquet played with short-handled mallets on a hard court that is bounded by a concrete wall against which a ball may rebound and be retrieved.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An American game, a modification of croquet. It differs in many details from the parent game; principally, however, in the more perfect surface upon which it is played, the addition of a boundary used somewhat as a cushion in billiards, more perfect balls and clubs, and a more correct setting as well as a narrowing of the wickets.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A form of croquet modified for greater accuracy of play. The court has a wood border often faced with rubber, used as a cushion in bank shots. The balls are 31/4 in. in diameter, the cage (center arches or wickets) 33/8 in. wide, the other arches 31/2 in. wide.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US a form of
croquet using short-handledmallets , and played on a hard surface
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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With 2005 NYC champ and "oft-runner up" Björn Türoque aka Dan Crane, pictured serving as Master of Air-emonies, the evening was a showcase for moves once relegated to the privacy of the bedroom and the headphones, now writ large and sweaty on the public stage.
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She returned one of the roque ones to a gift giver.
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If they think it's okay to subject prisoners to torture and get away with it, what moral justification will they have to question roque states from torturing prisoners? what make these states rogue is that they think it's okay to torture.
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Torture, murder, and detention without due process are actions of roque nation, not those of one claiming to pursue democracy and freedom.
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It's abundantly clear that the problems with our treatment of POWs and other detainees in Iraq extends far beyond a handful of Reserve MPs operating as roque agents in a single cell block.
Archive 2004-05-01 2004
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It's abundantly clear that the problems with our treatment of POWs and other detainees in Iraq extends far beyond a handful of Reserve MPs operating as roque agents in a single cell block.
Quote of the Day 2004
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:22:00 AM roque said...
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It's abundantly clear that the problems with our treatment of POWs and other detainees in Iraq extends far beyond a handful of Reserve MPs operating as roque agents in a single cell block.
Quote of the day 2004
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Bruce Willis sounds like he is having a fun time as the lovable roque RJ.
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It's abundantly clear that the problems with our treatment of POWs and other detainees in Iraq extends far beyond a handful of Reserve MPs operating as roque agents in a single cell block.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T 2004
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