In pool or pocket billiards there is a cue ball and 15 object balls.

在游泳池或口袋台球有一个主球和15球的对象。

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Pocket billiards such as modern-day pool and snooker were around, but they were considered to be the ill-bred cousins of carom billiards, which used a pocketless table.

“球袋台球”（pocket billiards）如花式、英式台球在当时比比皆是，但却被视为是“教养不良的兄弟台球”（carom billiards），它们的球台没有球袋。

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