cafeteria bowling
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Meaning · English
Poor-quality bowling which is easy to hit, allowing the batters to help themselves to runs.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “cafeteria bowling” mean?
Poor-quality bowling which is easy to hit, allowing the batters to help themselves to runs.
Is “cafeteria bowling” formal or informal?
cafeteria bowling is generally slang.