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candlepin

NOUN
  1. a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin

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  • A Brunswick bowling products representative recently told Genimatas he visited Bowl-O-Rama in the '70s, saw the candlepins, and said, "This won't last - we will wipe them out. Undefined
  • Bowling (your choice of tenpins or traditional New England-style candlepins), bumper cars and arcade games, pinball and Bingo are just a few of the possibilities. Undefined
  • It's not just a ten-pin world - you also may have heard of duckpins, rubber-band duckpins, 5-pins, and candlepins.
  • She talks about going bowling on an off day during the filming of “New Moon” — candlepin bowling, it sounds like from her description — and how difficult it was to keep score without the electronic aids present at most bowling alleys: “They handed me a piece of paper and a pencil, and I had to do the score by hand,” she says incredulously. TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS JUNE 23: ECLIPSE PREMIERE, STEPHENIE MEYER & MORE | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
  • My father and his four brothersand the men on my mothers siderelaxed with candlepin bowling and games of whist, and then, later in life, when their children were mostly grown and their work lives mostly determined, weekend rounds of golf on inexpensive nine-hole courses. The Italian Summer
  • Meanwhile, the young-person's AA meeting held on campus draws more than 200 people each Monday for companionship, confessions, and candlepin bowling. No Drinks for Them
  • Maureen also said she overheard how he loves to bowl—candlepins, specifically—when he has the time, and that he hoped someday to have a lane in his basement, complete with an electronic ball return. Hoopi Shoopi Donna
  • He took us candlepin bowling and easily convinced me that renting used shoes was luxurious. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad
  • She talks about going bowling on an off day during the filming of “New Moon” — candlepin bowling, it sounds like from her description — and how difficult it was to keep score without the electronic aids present at most bowling alleys: “They handed me a piece of paper and a pencil, and I had to do the score by hand,” she says incredulously. TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS JUNE 23: ECLIPSE PREMIERE, STEPHENIE MEYER & MORE | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
  • But that elixir-sounding colloquialism is on the wane, alas, like candlepin bowling. Annoying and pretentious terms.
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