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Definition of Skittle pin
1. Noun. A bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skittle Pin
Literary usage of Skittle pin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell & Co, Cassell (London) (1896)
"skittle pin.(A) AND BALL (в). to get large scores at, and is not nearly so good
the square. This game is more difficult with the full number of pine. ..."
2. Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights which are Here Displayed by Alice Morse Earle (1902)
"... than a skittle pin," as Cotton wrote. On page 414 is shown the dial at Wroxton
Abbey, Oxfordshire, described by Mr. Blomfield in his Formal Garden as "a ..."
3. Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights which are Here Displayed by Alice Morse Earle (1902)
"... No bigger than a skittle pin," as Cotton wrote. On page 414 is shown the dial
at Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire, described by Mr. ..."
4. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"1. ninepin, skittle, pin; 2. Math, cone; 3. Gun. aim; 4. Typ. a) coin to lock up
a form; b) vid. ..."
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