tenpin

/ ˈtɛnˌpɪn /

noun

Dick had let fly the jagged stone, taking him directly in the forehead and keeling him over like a tenpin.

"Why, they've put you into a tenpin alley," were his words of greeting.

The bear gave me a slashing cuff on the side of the head, and I went down like a tenpin.

The Gutter Pup went back like a tenpin, staggered, and kept his footing.

He struck Asa Lemm fairly and squarely in the stomach, bowling him over as if he were a tenpin.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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