(n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player.
Example Sentences:
(1) After a weekend of playing bagatelle, dining and watching films of Tsarist Russia, Butler found a moment alone with him.
(2) She celebrated her 21st birthday at the 400 Club, and was such a regular at the Bagatelle, a French restaurant with a dance floor, that the band used to play a spec ial tune the moment she arrived.
(3) While there are nearly no differences between physicians concerning the judgement of disablement in cases of grave ophthalmological clinical pictures, there exist greater differences in the judgement of so-called "bagatelle"-injuries and -diseases, which demand a temporary unilateral eye-dressing.
(4) Mark Moorhead Tropical architectural guru Facebook Twitter Pinterest Geoffrey Bawa’s house on Bagatelle Road, Colombo.
(5) A splendid way to learn about the man, his work and his art collection is to visit his house just off Bagatelle Road in Colombo.
(6) But that is mere bagatelle compared with the defiance of the energy privateers.
Walkover
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Carswell is not taking anything for granted, despite his former Tory colleague David Davis saying the seat would be a Ukip walkover, and a Lord Ashcroft poll putting the party on 56%, 32 points ahead of the Tories, for whom Carswell retained his seat at the last general election with 53% of the vote.
(2) But a habit of skipping over legitimate fights for walkovers like Andre Berto, while perhaps shrewd within a long-term business plan, will further water down a legacy that was already in question, at least in terms of the historical greatness he so passionately self-ascribes.
(3) During the front and back walkovers and during the back handspring, maximum lumbar hyperextension occurred very close to the time that impact force was sustained by either the hands or the feet.
(4) The opinion polls are showing that the greater the sense of choice the voters have the more the next election becomes a contest and not a walkover for the Tories."
(5) Chile walked off the pitch and refused to return, in "fear" for their "safety", and demanded they be awarded a walkover victory; Fifa were not fooled, booted Chile out of both 1990 and 1994 World Cups and banned Rojas and his accomplices from the game for life (more detail here ).
(6) As for the odds; I think Villa will give us a game and this won't be a walkover.
(7) This time, they played as though affronted by the suggestion it would be a walkover for the continent's reigning champions.
(8) So, even on this core issue, Romney doesn't get a walkover.
(9) This was a walkover undertaken, for the most part, at a stroll.
(10) "And when we sprouted up and made all the noise we possibly could, I think they realised it wasn't going to be as big a walkover as they'd expected."
(11) But it was clear this would not be another walkover for the governing party when Buhari won Ogun and Kogi, both formerly loyal to the PDP.
(12) Wilder stressed during the post-fight press conference he had no plans of skipping his mandatory defense against Alexander Povetkin, easily the best opponent he’s been in with and hardly a walkover, but would gladly meet Fury afterward and travel to do it.
(13) The skills performed were the front walkover, the back walkover, and the front handspring, the back handspring, and the handspring vault.
(14) But it soon became apparent this would not be the walkover that football's World Cup casuals, the folk who swallow the myth of joga bonito every four years, had assumed.
(15) Of the skills examined, the handspring vault produced the highest vertical and lateral impact forces, and the back handspring and back walkover required the greatest amounts of lumbar hyperextension.
(16) Celtic were beaten 6-1 on aggregate in the third qualifying round but, because the Polish champions fielded the ineligible Bartosz Bereszynski as a substitute in the second leg, Ronny Deila’s side were handed a 3-0 walkover win and therefore progressed on away goals.