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kegler
 n.— «DeWitt Riess, another good kegler, was not up to standard. His three-game score of 455 was not anywhere near what he is capable of doing.» —“Rotarians Not At Their Best In Wire Tourney” Sheboygan Press-Telegram (Wisc.) Apr. 10, 1923. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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