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bocce - 2 dictionary results

boc⋅cie

[boch-ee]
–noun
an Italian variety of lawn bowling played on a dirt court that is shorter and narrower than the rink of a bowling green.
Also, boc⋅ci [boch-ee; It. bawt-chee] , boc⋅ce [boch-ee; It. bawt-che] , boc⋅cia [boch-uh; It. bawt-chah] .


Origin:
1900–05; < It bocce bowls, pl. of boccia ball < VL *bottia round body
boc·ce or boc·ci or boc·cie   (bŏch'ē)   
n.  A game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling that is played with wooden balls on a long narrow court covered with fine gravel.

[Italian bocce, pl. of boccia, ball.]
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