cowboy pool

noun

: pool played with a cue ball and three object balls numbered 1, 3, and 5, the object being to score exactly 90 points by caroms and by pocketing the object balls, 10 points more by caroms only, and finally a single point by pocketing the cue ball after contact with the number one ball

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