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UK
/nˈaɪnpɪnz/
]
NOUN
- a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
How To Use ninepins In A Sentence
- A set of tiny old ninepins with beautiful wormholes in them. Summer Cleaning
- The autumn ramble: the woods, the dog, the gun, the Hudson, the stranger, the "ninepins" company, the flagon, the waking -- the changed scenes. Elson Grammar School Literature v4
- Treat men as pawns and ninepins, and you shall suffer, as well as they.
- The series has its fans for one reason: scattering hordes of goons like a bowling ball through ninepins can be gratifying; and, as your efforts control the ebb and flow of battle, there is a surprising level of tactical thought involved.
- The great wall of China's nothing but a line of ninepins to the Chugach and St. Elias wall. The Rim of the Desert
- Well, imagine some of the greatest men in France as these ninepins and then this Monsieur Caratal was the ball which could be seen coming from far away.
- Not much has changed since Connecticut banned ninepins in 1841.
- The rush became a flood after the fiasco of Humanae Vitae in 1968 and seminaries, novitiates and training colleges fell like ninepins as many, if not most, priests, brothers and nuns chose lay life at a rate not seen since the Reformation.
- These are fluid times in pop, with barriers between musical genres falling like ninepins. Rizzle Kicks; Alex Clare – review
- Orders for games included 48 chessboards and chessmen, 12 sets of fox and geese, 6 sets of jackstraws, 9 boxes of ninepins, and 3 sets of German tactics.