Wiktionary
n. A family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, in which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.
WordNet
n. any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets [syn: pool]
Wikipedia
Pocket Billiards are a Belfast-based 9-Piece Ska / Punk / Rock band who originally formed in 2001. The band fuse ska, reggae and dub with punk rock and heavy riffs, creating an energetic and powerful sound.
Pocket billiards is a more formal name for the cue sport of pool. It may also refer to:
- " Pocket Billiards (band)", a nine-piece ska/punk band from Belfast, Northern Ireland
- "Pocket Billiards", a song by British folk-rock group Stackridge from the 1974 album Extravaganza
- "Pocket billiards" (UK) or "pocket pool" (US), slang for masturbation through one's trouser pocket
Usage examples of "pocket billiards".
There were two tables in the darkly paneled room: a standard English billiards table, and a somewhat smaller pocket billiards table.
Bobby picked one out so he could read the gold printing: THE CORNER POCKET BILLIARDS, POOL, AUTO.
And somehow Julien and Mary Beth, who went by the name of Jules on these excursions, went into Willie Piazza's and there they ran into Daniel McIntyre, and after that they wandered from place to place, looking for a good pool game, because Mary Beth was very good at pocket billiards, always was.
And afterwards we had a fierce battle of pocket billiards in the games room and a little too much brandy, I fear.