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ninepins

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NINEPINS

NINEPINS Nine "pins, n. pl.

Defn: A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.

Note: In the United States, ten pins are used for this game, which is therefore often called tenpins.

New American Oxford Dictionary

ninepins

nine pins |ˈnīnˌpinz ˈnaɪnˌpɪnz | ▶plural noun [ usu. treated as sing. ] a British game similar to bowling, using nine wooden pins and played in an alley; the traditional form of skittles. • [ treated as pl. ] the pins used in this game. PHRASES go down (or drop or fall ) like ninepins Brit. succumb in large numbers or without much opposition.

Oxford Dictionary

ninepins

nine |pins |ˈnʌɪnpɪnʒ | ▶plural noun [ usu. treated as sing. ] the traditional form of the game of skittles, using nine pins and played in an alley. • [ treated as pl. ] skittles used in the game of ninepins. PHRASES go down (or drop or fall ) like ninepins Brit. succumb in large numbers or with little resistance.