duckpin
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- noun
- /ˈdʌkˌpɪn/
- Jargon
:
pino de duckpin
- During our outing, we played duckpin bowling and tried to knock down all the duckpins.
- duckpin bowling
- duckpin bowling alleys
- duckpin ball
Examples
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Duckpins in the city
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In these days, with banks falling like duckpins, and a university is willing to deposit $3,675 as a pledge of good faith in the economy and in your bank, in particular.
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I grew up with duckpin bowling, so when I tried regular bowling, I was confounded by the weird holes in the balls and their immense weight.
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We went out for dinner; we played duckpins (i.e., Baltimore's version of bowling).
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The local center offers a fun night of duckpin bowling, where players aim to hit the duckpins with a smaller ball.
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I hadn't played duckpin bowling in years, but I remembered how challenging it was to knock down the duckpins.
Synonyms
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1.3
A wooden object shaped like a club set up to be knocked down in bowling
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1.4
A heavy wooden thing shaped like a club that players try to knock down in bowling
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Duckpin comes from the words duck and pin because these bowling pins are short and squat, a bit like a duck. That's why a duckpin means the small, wide pin used in duckpin bowling.