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ninepins Noun the game of skittles
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations ninepins n sg ninepins [ˈnainpinz] a form of bowling in which nine bottle-shaped objects are knocked over with a ball a game of ninepins; Ninepins is a very good game. keëls لُعْبَة الكُرة والتِّسع قناني кегли kuželky keglespil das Kegeln είδος μπόουλιγκ bolos keegel يکجور بازى با نه ميله چوبى که انهارابا گوى چوبى مى خوابانند keilailu (jeu de) quilles תֵשַע יְתֶדוֹת नौ पिनों का खेल kuglanje kugli boling keiluspil (gioco dei) birilli ボーリングの一種 9주희 kėgliai ķegļu spēle sejenis cara permainan boling kegelspel kjeglespill kręgle laranjinha popice кегли kolky kegljanje vrsta kuglanja kägelspel พินโบว์ลิ่ง dokuz kuka oyunu 九柱戲 кеглі نو پن والا کھيل trò chơi ky chín con 九柱戏 |
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| On every side the fighting-men of Bekwando went down like ninepins - about half a dozen only sprang forward for a hand-to-hand fight, the remainder, with shrieks of despair, fled back to the shelter of the forest, and not one of them again ever showed a bold front to the white man. Here was no commonplace, no Oakland Estuary, no weary round of throwing newspapers at front doors, delivering ice, and setting up ninepins. Yours mayn't; but I strongly suspect yours of being not Socialists, but ninepins, which you have constructed for your own amusement. |
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