“with a twisted cue and elliptical billiard balls”

Scaramouche

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The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan

The billiard sharp whom any one catches
His doom’s extremely hard
He’s made to dwell
In a dungeon cell
On a spot that’s always barred
And there he plays extravagant matches
In fitless finger-stalls
On cloth untrue
With a twisted cue
And elliptical billiard balls

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Billiard sharp
Barred
Finger stalls
Cloth untrue
 
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