pin-setter

A form of pinsetter — The person who clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.

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Meanings

nounpin-setter (plural pin-setters)

plural pin-setters

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pinsetter.

    The Backus pin-setter is almost human in its operation.

    1923, Henry Chase Hill, The Wonder Book of Knowledge, page 360
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    Pins knocked down by a pin or pins coming in contact with the pin-setter ( pin-boy ) shall count as pins down, except should the pin-setter ( pin-boy ) deliberately throw a pin or pins on the alley, then the pins knocked down by such action shall be respotted.

    1954, Jack Weinberg, Duck Pin Bowling, page 62

    And there is a bowling alley with an automatic pin-setter.

    2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 242
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APA

pin-setter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin-setter

MLA

“pin-setter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin-setter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pin-setter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin-setter.

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