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Definition of Tenpins
1. Noun. Bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins.
Definition of Tenpins
1. n. A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See Ninepins.
Definition of Tenpins
1. Noun. A game, a form of bowling, played with ten pins as the target. ¹
2. Noun. (plural of tenpin) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenpins
1. tenpin [n] - See also: tenpin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenpins
Literary usage of Tenpins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1916)
"as tenpins or bowls is not a game of chance for betting at which the participants
are guilty of gaming. On the other hand the Chinese game of fantan is a ..."
2. Elementary Arithmetic by Bruce Mervellon Watson, Charles Edward White (1911)
"How many tenpins are there in this game? They were set in 2 rows ; how many were
there in each row ? 2. If they were set in 3 rows, how many would there be ..."
3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... play at tenpins, keila- mainen conical. kellan"heitto bowling: game of tenpins (1.
or ninepins): skittles, ... -neli howls, tenpins ..."
4. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1871)
"The tenpins are about four inches high, and you knock them down with a cue ...
The game counts the same way as with the big tenpins, and it is quite jolly. ..."
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