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: a small bowling pin shorter than a tenpin but proportionately wider at mid-diameter
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Dating back to the early 1900s, duckpin bowling is a variant of traditional bowling with a much lighter and smaller ball and shorter pins.
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Kurtcia Collazo, IndyStar, 7 Aug. 2025
With similar rules to 10-pin bowling, players of duckpin bowling roll with smaller balls, narrower pins, and smaller gutters.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2023
Remembering a time when duckpin bowling ruled the roost in D.C. Pinsetters were also known as pin boys.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
Explore the Bottleworks District with lunch at The Garage Food Hall (think: poke bowls, artisan cocktails and ice cream), a deep-tissue massage at Woodhouse Day Spa, duckpin bowling at Pins Mechanical and movies at Living Room Theater.
—Sarah Sekula, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
After community outcry over the closing of a historic Canton duckpin bowling alley, a smaller version is slated to reopen with a bar as soon as this winter, developers say.
—Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2023
The basement, formerly used for storage, has become a 12-lane duckpin bowling center, with a pinball wing to the side.
—Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2022
Every other lane was available at both Greenmount and Thunderhead, for duckpin and tenpin bowling, since alleys are operating at 50% capacity amid the pandemic, and masks were required unless people were eating or drinking.
—Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 31 Dec. 2020
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Kurtcia Collazo, IndyStar, 7 Aug. 2025
With similar rules to 10-pin bowling, players of duckpin bowling roll with smaller balls, narrower pins, and smaller gutters.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2023
Remembering a time when duckpin bowling ruled the roost in D.C. Pinsetters were also known as pin boys.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
Explore the Bottleworks District with lunch at The Garage Food Hall (think: poke bowls, artisan cocktails and ice cream), a deep-tissue massage at Woodhouse Day Spa, duckpin bowling at Pins Mechanical and movies at Living Room Theater.
—Sarah Sekula, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
After community outcry over the closing of a historic Canton duckpin bowling alley, a smaller version is slated to reopen with a bar as soon as this winter, developers say.
—Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2023
The basement, formerly used for storage, has become a 12-lane duckpin bowling center, with a pinball wing to the side.
—Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2022
Every other lane was available at both Greenmount and Thunderhead, for duckpin and tenpin bowling, since alleys are operating at 50% capacity amid the pandemic, and masks were required unless people were eating or drinking.
—Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 31 Dec. 2020
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“Duckpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duckpin. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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