ninepins

[ nahyn-pinz ]

/ ˈnaɪnˌpɪnz /

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noun

(used with a singular verb) tenpins played without the head pin.

ninepin, a pin used in this game.

Origin of ninepins

1570–80; nine + pin (def. 12)

Words nearby ninepins

nine days' wonder, nine-eleven, ninefold, ninepence, ninepenny, ninepins, nine plus two array, nine plus zero array, niner, nine-spot, nineteen

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Example sentences from the Web for ninepins

Treat men as pawns and ninepins and you shall suffer as well as they.
Essays, First Series|Ralph Waldo Emerson
They were being bowled over like ninepins, as the Germans must have seen them crossing the open.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott
The result was rather bad for the Turks; they went down like a lot of ninepins before Mole's railway-like progression.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng
Treat men as pawns and ninepins, and you shall suffer as well as they.
Discourses in America|Matthew Arnold

Archy, excited for the first time in his life, threw a box of ninepins at them, which exploded.
Ravenshoe|Henry Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for ninepins

ninepins

/ (ˈnaɪnˌpɪnz) /

noun

(functioning as singular) another name for skittlesSee skittle (def. 2)

(singular) one of the pins used in this game

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单词	ninepins
释义	ninepins [ nahyn-pinz ] / ˈnaɪnˌpɪnz / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ninepins ON THESAURUS.COM noun (used with a singular verb) tenpins played without the head pin. ninepin, a pin used in this game. Origin of ninepins 1570–80; nine + pin (def. 12) Words nearby ninepins nine days' wonder, nine-eleven, ninefold, ninepence, ninepenny, ninepins, nine plus two array, nine plus zero array, niner, nine-spot, nineteen Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ninepins Treat men as pawns and ninepins and you shall suffer as well as they. Essays, First Series\|Ralph Waldo Emerson They were being bowled over like ninepins, as the Germans must have seen them crossing the open. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10)\|James Edward Parrott The result was rather bad for the Turks; they went down like a lot of ninepins before Mole's railway-like progression. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks\|Bracebridge Hemyng Treat men as pawns and ninepins, and you shall suffer as well as they. Discourses in America\|Matthew Arnold Archy, excited for the first time in his life, threw a box of ninepins at them, which exploded. Ravenshoe\|Henry Kingsley British Dictionary definitions for ninepins ninepins / (ˈnaɪnˌpɪnz) / noun (functioning as singular) another name for skittlesSee skittle (def. 2) (singular) one of the pins used in this game 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 Words related to ninepins skittles, duckpins, candlepins, bowls, lawn bowling, kegling
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ninepins

noun

Origin of ninepins

Words nearby ninepins

Example sentences from the Web for ninepins

British Dictionary definitions for ninepins

noun

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