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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

/ ˈ³ÙÉ›²ÔËŒ±èɪ²Ô³ú /

noun

  1. functioning as singular a US and Canadian name for tenpin bowling
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Origin of tenpins1

First recorded in 1590–1600; ten + pin + -s 3
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“And these people were being knocked down like tenpins right opposite where I was driving. I saw them being hit from behind and they were falling to the ground,†he said.

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She went upstairs, got one of her Egypt books, and showed the rest of them that the tenpins were shaped exactly like the inner part of the double crown of Egypt.

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What I did not expect to see was a giant metal ball blasting into the gymnasium, scattering players like tenpins.

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Slowed to a crawl, single enemies are easily dispatched, and groups of two or three topple like tenpins.

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The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.

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