He only managed to bowl down one skittle out of nine.
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Skittle
//ˈskɪtəl//
Synonyms for "skittle" (8 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Related words (4)
Noun(3 words)
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4 translations across 3 languages.
French
1 entries- quille noun (a wooden target used in the game of skittles)
Māori
2 entries- pine noun (a wooden target used in the game of skittles)
- pine rākau noun (a wooden target used in the game of skittles)
Swedish
1 entries- kägla noun (a wooden target used in the game of skittles)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines.
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