Pill Bottle - Billiard Term Definition
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Definition of Pill Bottle
Pill Bottle is a billiards term that is a part of Billiard Accessory Terminology.
Pill bottle is another term for bottle. In some cue sports, such as kelly pool, a pill bottle is used to hold and shake numbered peas.
Players draw peas to determine some order that is required for specific game rules.
See: shake bottle, pea bottle, kelly bottle, tally bottle, bottle, pea, pill, peas, pills, tally balls, shake balls for more on the meaning of "Pill Bottle".
Pill Bottle - Usage
Grab the pill bottle Roger. Robert dropped out so we have to determine order again.
Billiards - Pill Bottle
- Title: Pill Bottle
- Author: billiardsforum (Billiards Forum)
- Published: 12/28/2007 7:33:42 PM
- Last Updated: 10/23/2016 3:12:47 PM
- Last Updated By: billiardsforum
Pill Bottle Comments
metromantra from United States on 3/11/2009 2:01:37 PM
I am looking for the rules for how to play "Pill Pool", as I knew it in the 1960s in Brooklyn, NY.
Andy Milner from GA, United States on 8/11/2009 10:16:33 AM
Can anyone send me the rules to "pill pool", "pea billiards", or "kelly billiards"?
billiardsforum from Halifax, NS on 8/12/2009 3:34:01 AM@metromantra and @Andy Milner,
Here are the links to the pool rules you are probably looking for.
For rules on how to play skittles pool, see:
- Skittles Pool Rules
- Canadian Skittle Pool Rules
- Thread on other regional variations such as how to play skittle pool in Singapore
For rules on how to play kelly pool, see:
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