ninepin
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- noun
- /ˈnaɪnˌpɪn/
- UK
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boliche
- Knock me for a row at ninepins if it isn't little Miss Jane.
- game of ninepins
Examples
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See for yourself, those houses are coming down like ninepins.
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It went over like ninepins.
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The Northerners went down like ninepins.
Fiction book (1992) -
The truth about Josephine would have knocked them down like ninepins.
Fiction book (1995) -
So wicked and sophisticated, like someone out of those 1930 plays, with men falling for her like ninepins, and always unashamedly outrageous.
Fiction book (1990) -
The children enjoyed playing the traditional game of skittles, knocking down the ninepins with the wooden ball.
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At the local pub, we found a ninepin bowling setup that was popular among the regulars.
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During the festival, teams competed to see who could knock down the most ninepins in a single round.
Synonyms
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A wooden object shaped like a club set up to be knocked down in bowling
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A heavy wooden thing shaped like a club that players try to knock down in bowling
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A small wooden pin used as the target in a game like bowling
A small wooden target that players knock down in the game of skittles
Compounds
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Morphology
Etymology
The word ninepin comes from the two simple words nine and pin, because players set up nine wooden 'pins' and try to knock them down. So a ninepin is the wooden 'pin' used in the old bowling game of ninepins or skittles.