troco

noun

tro·​co

ˈtrō(ˌ)kō

plural -s

: an old English game played on a lawn with wooden balls and cues with spoon-shaped iron tips and having as its object the sending of a ball through an iron ring on a pivot in the center of the field

called also lawn billiards

Word History

Etymology

probably modification of Italian trucco trucks (game)

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