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a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin

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  1. n. a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin
  2. (a) A form of pin slender and nearly straight like a candle. (b) The game played with such pins; -- in form candlepins, used as a singular.
  3. n. a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin