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ˈnaɪnˌpɪnzninepins

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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

  1. ninepinsnoun

    The game of skittles

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ninepins in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ninepins in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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