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boules

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boules (French) [bul]
pl n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) (functioning as singular) a game, popular in France, in which metal bowls are thrown to land as near as possible to a target ball. It is played on rough surfaces
[plural of boule ball1; see bowl2]
Translations
boules [ˈbuːl] npétanque f


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Nearby, we spotted three teenagers--two boys and a girl--playing boules.
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