pin-settern.
/ˈpɪnˌsɛtə/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌsɛdər/ Bowling (originally U.S.).
A person who or machine which sets up the pins in a bowling alley. Cf. pinboy n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] > setting up of pins > pin-setter
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1899 Bucks County (Pa.) Gaz. 19 Jan. 3/1 He had been a pin setter for the past fifteen years.
1916 H. M. Rideout Far Cry xi. 150 Like a pin-setter in a bowling alley, Mace carefully planted his bottles upright on the floor.
1958 Economist 20 Dec. 1085/1 In 1954 the American Machine & Foundry Company began large-scale production of an electronic automatic pin-setter.
1992 Chicago Jan. 6/1 We didn't include..the human pinsetters at Southport Lanes or the Lava lamp factory.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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