candlepin
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)candlepins
- a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpinType of bowling pin, pin
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Can′dle·pin′ noun
Tenpins (a) A form of bowling pin slender and nearly straight like a candle. (b) The game played with such pins; — in form candlepins, used as a singular.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement