can·dle·pin (k n dl-p n )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. |
candlepins [ˈkændəlˌpɪnz]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) (functioning as singular) a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
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| Noun | 1. |  candlepins - a bowling game using slender bowling pinsbowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them |
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