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ˈnaɪnˌpɪnzninepins
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Princeton's WordNet
ninepins, skittlesnoun
a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
Wiktionary
ninepinsnoun
The game of skittles
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ninepinsnoun
A play where nine pieces of wood are set up on the ground to be thrown down by a bowl.
Etymology: nine and pin.
A painter made blossoms upon the trees in December, and school-boys playing at nine-pins upon the ice in July. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.
For as when merchants break, o’erthrown
Like nine-pins, they strike others down. Hud. p. ii.
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ninepins
Ninepins is a bowling game played with nine pins arranged in a diamond or square pattern and a ball or disk that is rolled or thrown to knock down the pins. It is often considered a precursor to the modern game of ten-pin bowling. This game is popular in both Europe and the United States. The term 'ninepins' can also refer to the pins themselves used in such game.
Webster Dictionary
Ninepins
a game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ninepins in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ninepins in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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