Glossary????

[The Real Deal]

Just a quick question....

A Christmas tree leave is what????

I know what I think it is..... But AMF have confused me with their latest magazine release.......

 

[Graham]

5-7-10 in my books

 

[milkman]

I thought it was the big 4 (4-6-7-10)

 

[wchester]

I never heard the term "Christmas tree" in reference to a 5-7-10 spare leave until I moved Down Under. Instead, Christmas tree has always referred an oil pattern.

I grew up in California fearing the "sour apple" and for those on the East Coast of America the 5-7-10 leave is know as a "lily"

 

[androooo]

The 5-7-10, also know as "lily", "sour apple", "Three Stooges" and my fav...."HAHAHA ****ed in....there's one for the book of shame!!"

No reference to Christmas tree

In front of me, I have the Encyclopedia of Bowling Spares. Some other names for splits and spares are, even though, some I have no idea about their origin:

Baby Split: The 2-7 or 3-10
Baby Split with Company: The 2-7-8 or 3-9-10
Barmaid: A pin hidden behind another pin
Bed Posts: 7-10
Big 4: 4-6-7-10
Big 5: Spare leave of 3 on one side and 2 on the other ie; 4-6-7-9-10
Big Ears: see Big 4
Bucket: 2-4-5-8 for RH or 3-5-6-9 for LH
Christmas Tree: 3-7-10 for RH or 2-7-10 for LH
Cincinnati: 8-10
Clothes Line: 1-2-4-7 or 1-3-6-10
Dime Store: 5-10
Faith, Hope and Charity: See Christmas Tree
Fence Posts: see Bed Posts
Goal Posts: see Bed Posts
Golden Gate: see Big 4
Kresge: 5-7
Mother-In-Law: 7 pin
Mule Ears: see Bed Posts
Murphy: see Baby Split
One in the Dark: The rear pin in the 1-5, 2-8, 3-9
Poison Ivy: 3-6-10
Quick 8: 4-7 for RH 6-10 for LH
Sleeper: The 1-5, 2-8 or 3-9
Snake Eyes: see Bed Posts
Strike Split: 8-10 for RH, 7-9 for LH
Woolworth: see Dime Store


Of course, this doesn't the "pet names" for pins left for spares, made by bowlers, like my name for a stone cold 8, "You M***** F****** C***!!!!!"

At least the newcomers to bowling will have some idea what us bowlers talk about now!!