ninepin bowl

noun

A bowling ball used in the game ninepins or skittles.

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Meanings

nounninepin bowl (plural ninepin bowls)

plural ninepin bowls

  1. A bowling ball used in the game ninepins or skittles.

    John's bedchamber was all covered with emeralds and other precious stones, and in the ceiling was a diamond as big as a nine-pin bowl that gave light to the whole chamber.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 294
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