tenpin
Britishnoun
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As well as spending time with family members, they spend their days playing bingo and tenpin bowling, as well as watching football.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The familiar rituals of a Wednesday night were playing out at Just-In-Time Recreation, a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, with 22 lanes of tenpin and a restaurant serving nachos and wings.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
The bowling alley is home to traditional tenpin bowling as well as candlepin, a variant of bowling found in New England.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
In tenpin, bowlers throw one frame at a time, two balls per frame; in candlepin, two frames, usually called boxes, three balls a box.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2019
Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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