Troco
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Troco
An old English game; -- called also lawn billiards.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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(n)
troco
An old English game, formerly known as lawnbilliards. It is played on a lawn with wooden balls and a cue ending in a spoon-shaped iron projection. In the center of the green there is an iron ring moving on a pivot, and the object is to drive the hall through the ring. Points are also made by caroming—that is, by the striking of two balls in succession with the player's own ball.
Usage in literature
Troco or Lawn Billiards. "Enquire Within Upon Everything" by
Too tired to rest herself by reading, she wandered out on the troco-ground followed by Camp. "The History of Sir Richard Calmady" by
The troco-ground, with its green turf as smooth as a billiard-table, is just as it was in the days of King James. "Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880" by