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duckpin


duck·pin

noun \-ˌpin\

Definition of DUCKPIN

1
: a small bowling pin shorter than a tenpin but proportionately wider at mid-diameter
2
plural but sing in constr : a bowling game using duckpins

First Known Use of DUCKPIN

circa 1911

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