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ten-strike

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ten-strike (tnstrk)
n.
1. Sports A strike in bowling.
2. Informal A remarkably successful stroke or act.
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Noun1.ten-striketen-strike - a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame"
strike
score - the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"


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But it was when Daughtry and Michael first sang "Roll me Down to Rio" together, that the ten-strike was made.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
At his lowest ebb, when his black suit was in pawn, he made a ten-strike - or so it seemed to him - in a prize contest arranged by the County Committee of the Republican Party.
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