ten-strike
Americannoun
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Tenpins. a strike.
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Informal. any stroke or act that is completely successful.
noun
Etymology
Origin of ten-strike
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Their role as Universal's ten-strike is a new one for Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.
From Time Magazine Archive
The products of writing men crop up in the most unexpected places, and every now and then a wholly unknown and obscure firm makes a ten-strike with a newcomer.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is this unhappy shortcoming that probably will give Parnell only eight pins out of the dramatic ten-strike it deserves.
From Time Magazine Archive
ABC's Disneyland scored another ten-strike with a show devoted to Donald Duck from his inception until his final glowering flowering.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes," admitted the Californian, full of a new scheme, yet always generous, "and that was a ten-strike, your wife, after supper, taking Miss Hayle away from Hugh and Gideon in such gay style.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington
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