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tenpin

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ten·pin  (tnpn)
n.
1. One of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling.
2. tenpins (used with a sing. verb) See bowling.
tenpin [ˈtɛnˌpɪn]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) one of the pins used in tenpin bowling See also tenpins
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tenpintenpin - one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling
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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For now the savage goes up to the empty fireplace, and removing the papered fire-board, sets up this little hunchbacked image, like a tenpin, between the andirons.
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He was not sure that he could manage the "sheeny," and he did not mean to take any chances with his district; let the Republicans nominate a certain obscure but amiable friend of Scully's, who was now setting tenpins in the cellar of an Ashland Avenue saloon, and he, Scully, would elect him with the "sheeny's" money, and the Republicans might have the glory, which was more than they would get otherwise.
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Down went the Galu and Kro-lu warriors like tenpins before that deadly fusillade.
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