Pinsetter

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The person who clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.

    "“I was working as a pinsetter in a bowling alley down in Tampa.”"

  2. 2
    The machine that clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.

    "They have twelve lanes of candlepin bowling with cranky automatic pinsetters that usually take the last three days of the week off […]"

Synonyms

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pinspotter

Example

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"“I was working as a pinsetter in a bowling alley down in Tampa.”"

Etymology

From pin + setter.

Related phrases

tenpin bowling

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