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candlepin

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can·dle·pin  (kndl-pn)
n.
1. A slender bowling pin used in a variation of the game of tenpins.
2. also candlepins (used with a sing. verb) A bowling game using slender pins and a ball smaller than that used in tenpins.
candlepin [ˈkændəlˌpɪn]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc.
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Noun1.candlepin - a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin
bowling pin, pin - a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target


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