ten-strike

[ ten-strahyk ]

/ ˈtɛnˌstraɪk /

noun

Tenpins. a strike.

Informal. any stroke or act that is completely successful.

Origin of ten-strike

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby ten-strike

tensor muscle of soft palate, tensor muscle of tympanic membrane, ten-speed, ten's place, ten-spot, ten-strike, tent, tentacle, tentacled, tentage, tentation

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Example sentences from the Web for ten-strike

The rest, Kennicott hinted, she'd better leave till he "made a ten-strike."
Main Street|Sinclair Lewis
He wrote me jubilantly of what a ten-strike he was going to make with that speech.
The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 3, 1876-1885|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Say, Cap., you've made a ten-strike today that ought to make you a Major.
Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6)|John McElroy
Tom, where you made a ten-strike with the old man was in accepting that horse herd at Dodge last fall.
The Outlet|Andy Adams

They have no ninepins, so they are not trying to make a ten-strike.
Greenwich Village|Anna Alice Chapin

British Dictionary definitions for ten-strike

ten-strike

noun

tenpin bowling another word for strike (def. 40)

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单词	ten-strike
释义	ten-strike [ ten-strahyk ] / ˈtɛnˌstraɪk / noun Tenpins. a strike. Informal. any stroke or act that is completely successful. Origin of ten-strike First recorded in 1830–40 Words nearby ten-strike tensor muscle of soft palate, tensor muscle of tympanic membrane, ten-speed, ten's place, ten-spot, ten-strike, tent, tentacle, tentacled, tentage, tentation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ten-strike The rest, Kennicott hinted, she'd better leave till he "made a ten-strike." Main Street\|Sinclair Lewis He wrote me jubilantly of what a ten-strike he was going to make with that speech. The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 3, 1876-1885\|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Say, Cap., you've made a ten-strike today that ought to make you a Major. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6)\|John McElroy Tom, where you made a ten-strike with the old man was in accepting that horse herd at Dodge last fall. The Outlet\|Andy Adams They have no ninepins, so they are not trying to make a ten-strike. Greenwich Village\|Anna Alice Chapin British Dictionary definitions for ten-strike ten-strike noun tenpin bowling another word for strike (def. 40) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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