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Definition of Tenpin
1. Noun. One of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling.
Definition of Tenpin
1. Noun. Any of the bottle-shaped targets used in tenpin bowling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenpin
1. a bowling pin [n -S]
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Literary usage of Tenpin
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1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"Webster also defined "tenpin alley" and "bowling alley" as in effect synonymous.
An indictment charging in the same count a violation of the occupation law, ..."
2. Annals of Iowa by Samuel Storrs Howe, Theodore Sutton Parvin, Frederick Lloyd, Sanford W. Huff, State Historical Society of Iowa, Charles Aldrich, Edgar Rubey Harlan, Iowa Historical Dept (1839)
"... whieh had been built and used for a tenpin alley, in whieh I think I spent
the greater part of my first year in Keokuk, not rolling tenpins, ..."
3. Bulletin of the Department of Labor by United States Dept. of Labor (1896)
"The restaurants all have gardens and some have tenpin alleys. One, at Bredeney,
has lodgings for transient guests. The restaurant in the central building is ..."
4. Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia by Georgia (1904)
"Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That tne city council shall
have full power and authority to license bil- liard tables and tenpin-alleys, ..."
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