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boc·ce

or boc·ci or boc·cie  (bŏch′ē)
n.
A game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling that is played with wooden balls on a long narrow court covered with fine gravel.
[Italian bocce, pl. of boccia, ball.]
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Noun1.bocci - Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt courtbocci - Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
bocce, boccie
bowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
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