candlepins

can·dle·pin

C0064500 (kăn′dl-pĭn′)n.1. A slender bowling pin used in a variation of the game of tenpins.2. also candlepins(used with a sing. verb) A bowling game using slender pins and a ball smaller than that used in tenpins.

candlepins

(ˈkændəlˌpɪnz) n (Bowls & Bowling) (functioning as singular) a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley

can•dle•pins

(ˈkæn dlˌpɪnz)

n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) a game like tenpins played with almost cylindrical bowling pins that can be set up on either end. 2. candlepin, a pin used in this game. [1900–05]

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candlepins - a bowling game using slender bowling pinscandlepin bowlingbowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them