ten-strike

American

[ten-strahyk] / ˈtɛnˌstraɪk /

noun

Tenpins. a strike.
Informal. any stroke or act that is completely successful.

ten-strike British

noun

tenpin bowling another word for strike

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Etymology

Origin of ten-strike

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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I should think a ten-strike would make a caddy feel sore for fair.'

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He made a ten-strike with every female that hit that loft.

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Massingale explained that I had happened to make a ten-strike; that the bar wasn't any such bonanza as that first result would indicate.

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They met as usual the amused inquiries of the Passonians regarding the “ten-strike” they had been expected to make.

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“Billy had made a ten-strike in the West,” he remarked to his wife.

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