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duckpin

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duck·pin  (dkpn)
n.
1. A bowling pin that is shorter and squatter than a tenpin.
2. duckpins (used with a sing. verb) A bowling game played with such pins and a small ball.

[From its squat appearance.]
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Noun1.duckpinduckpin - a bowling pin that is short and squat 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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