noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The game of skittles.

   "On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins."

2. 2
   a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins wordnet
3. 3
   plural of ninepin form-of, plural

Synonyms

All synonyms

bingocheckerschessgameskittlessport

Example

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"On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins."

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