pigeonholes means an outdoor game played in the 17th and early 18th centuries in which each player bowls a ball towards targets (probably small compartments). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
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- An outdoor game played in the 17th and early 18th centuries in which each player bowls a ball towards targets (probably small compartments).“[Godfrey] Speed[well]. […] [H]ave you ſuch gold to give? / [Innocent] Lamb[skin]. Yes, yes, has vvon it betting at the bovvling Alleys, / Or at the Pigeon-holes in the Garden Alleyes.”