Definition of duckpin
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:a small bowling pin shorter than a tenpin but proportionately wider at mid-diameter
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Today, all but a handful of those lanes are gone, and the number of professional duckpin bowlers is down by more than 90 percent, to about 3,500.
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In its own area inside the establishment are two duckpin bowling lanes that will host league play and customers seeking amusement.
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This just in from the world of children's duckpin bowling.
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First Known Use of duckpin
circa 1911
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