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tenpins

[ ten-pinz ]

noun

  1. (used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
  2. tenpin, a pin used in this game.


tenpins

/ ˈtɛnˌpɪnz /

noun

  1. functioning as singular a US and Canadian name for tenpin bowling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tenpins1

First recorded in 1590–1600; ten + pin + -s 3
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Example Sentences

He relentlessly cut them down one after another like tenpins.

Ride a horse or a bicycle; play tennis or tenpins, or toss a ball.

This alley was laid on a long board table, and the game played with tenpins and small wooden balls.

Tenpins, ten′pinz, n. a game played in a bowling-alley, the aim being to bowl down ten pins set up at the far end.

Yet the spears from above mowed down the climbing savages like tenpins, while their weapons did little or no damage.

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