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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ninepins  \Nine"pins\,  n.  pl 
  A  game  played  with  nine  pins,  or  pieces  of  wood,  set  on  end 
  at  which  a  wooden  ball  is  bowled  to  knock  them  down  bowling. 
 
  Note:  In  the  United  States,  ten  pins  are  used  for  this  game, 
  which  is  therefore  often  called  tenpins. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ninepins 
  n  :  bowling  down  an  alley  at  a  target  of  nine  wooden  pins  [syn: 
  {skittles}] 




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