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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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
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
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
Their role as Universal's ten-strike is a new one for Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.
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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