ninepins

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noun

gamesThe game of skittles.
On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins.
1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rip Van Winkle”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 73
pluralplural of ninepin

nouna bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins

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