A run of success. Rare and perhaps obsolete. [1865 is the earliest N.E.D. date for a break at billiards.]
1827. I am of opinion that (as we say in Virginia) we have made a “great break.” In fact, the administration have succeeded in no one measure.—John Randolph to Dr. Brockenbrough, March 3: H. A. Garland, ‘Life,’ ii. 289 (1851).
