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boc·ce

or boc·ci or boc·cie (bŏch′ē)

A game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling that is played with wooden balls on a long narrow court covered with fine gravel.

[Italian bocce, pl. of boccia, ball.]

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bocce - Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court

bocci, boccie

bowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them

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Your hotel is that way." What I see looks like an extremely narrow and dark alley, and I'm amazed that I find the hotel, located on yet another impossibly narrow and gloomy street, Calle de la Balote. Its rooms are modern and air conditioned.

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