round the clock

dart game

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The term "round the clock" means continuously or 24/7. In darts, "round the clock" is a singles game for any number of players. After a starting double, each player must throw one dart into each numbered sector of the board, in order, from 1 to 20. Darts itself is an indoor target game played by throwing darts at a circular board divided into 20 numbered sectors. The game became popular in English inns and taverns in the 19th century.12

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…an inner bull’s-eye; and “round the clock,” a singles game for any number of players, which requires that, after a starting double, each player must throw one dart into each of the sectors, in order, from 1 to 20.
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…an inner bull’s-eye; and “round the clock,” a singles game for any number of players, which requires that, after a starting double, each player must throw one dart into each of the sectors, in order, from 1 to 20.
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