Meaning & use
bocce
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An Italian lawn game in which players roll large balls toward a smaller target ball, aiming to get closest to it.
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The family played a friendly game of bocce in the backyard after dinner.
Bocce courts are common in many public parks with large Italian-American communities.
A note on using this word
Bocce is closely related to French petanque and English lawn bowls, all descending from ancient ball-throwing games.
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