kegler

kegler n. a bowler. Etymological Note: < German Kegler, a player of a form of ninepins, in which a wooden disk or ball is thrown. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • Hello,
    Do you have Familie in Kalamazoo, Michigan? My mother in law was born there. And the father, mother and children, came again to Amsterdam! The other Family lived in Michigan, for so far I know!
    Greetings from:
    Amy Scholte
    Heerhugowaard
    Holland.

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