ten-strike

[ ten-strahyk ]

/ ˈtɛnˌstraɪk /

noun

Tenpins. a strike.

Informal. any stroke or act that is completely successful.

Words nearby ten-strike

ten-cent store, ten-four, ten-gallon hat, ten-speed, ten-spot, ten-strike, ten-twenty, ten-weeks stock, ten-wheeler, ten-yard rule, ten.

Origin of ten-strike

First recorded in 1830–40

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Examples from the Web for ten-strike

The rest, Kennicott hinted, she'd better leave till he "made a ten-strike."
Main Street|Sinclair Lewis
He wrote me jubilantly of what a ten-strike he was going to make with that speech.
The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 3, 1876-1885|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Say, Cap., you've made a ten-strike today that ought to make you a Major.
Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6)|John McElroy
Tom, where you made a ten-strike with the old man was in accepting that horse herd at Dodge last fall.
The Outlet|Andy Adams

They have no ninepins, so they are not trying to make a ten-strike.
Greenwich Village|Anna Alice Chapin

British Dictionary definitions for ten-strike

ten-strike

noun

tenpin bowling another word for strike (def. 40)

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