ninepins

ninepins is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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