duckpin

[ duhk-pin ]
/ ˈdʌkˌpɪn /

noun

Bowling. a short pin of relatively large diameter, used in a game resembling tenpins, and bowled at with small balls.
duckpins, (used with a singular verb) the game played with such pins.

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Origin of duckpin

First recorded in 1905–10; so called from the pin's resemblance to the shape of a duck

Words nearby duckpin

ducking stool, duck-legged, duckling, duck on a rock, duck out, duckpin, ducks, ducks and drakes, duck's arse, duck's ass, duck shove
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