pinsetter
noun
pin·set·ter
ˈpin-ˌse-tər 
: an employee or a mechanical device that spots pins in a bowling alley
Examples of pinsetter in a Sentence
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Due to pinsetter schedules, open bowling is available by reservation only.
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Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2023
Answer Man suspects only White bowlers rolled balls at Greenway and New Recreation, though the young men who manually set up the pins and returned the balls — known as pinsetters or pinboys — were likely to be Black.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
Advertisement The pin had been thrown by a pinsetter to replace one that had split.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
Valastro, 44, injured his hand on Sept. 20, 2020, when his home bowling alley's pinsetter malfunctioned.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com, 11 Oct. 2021
Valastro was fixing the pinsetter in his home bowling alley when his right hand became lodged in the machine and a metal rod impaled his hand multiple times between his ring finger and middle finger.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
Buddy injured his hand when his home bowling alley's pinsetter malfunctioned.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 4 Mar. 2022
As if the pressure of defending his title wasn't enough, months before the throwdown was planned for last spring, the baker's hand was repeatedly skewered by a metal rod thanks to a malfunctioning pinsetter at his home bowling alley.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 16 July 2021
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Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2023
Answer Man suspects only White bowlers rolled balls at Greenway and New Recreation, though the young men who manually set up the pins and returned the balls — known as pinsetters or pinboys — were likely to be Black.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
Advertisement The pin had been thrown by a pinsetter to replace one that had split.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
Valastro, 44, injured his hand on Sept. 20, 2020, when his home bowling alley's pinsetter malfunctioned.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com, 11 Oct. 2021
Valastro was fixing the pinsetter in his home bowling alley when his right hand became lodged in the machine and a metal rod impaled his hand multiple times between his ring finger and middle finger.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
Buddy injured his hand when his home bowling alley's pinsetter malfunctioned.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 4 Mar. 2022
As if the pressure of defending his title wasn't enough, months before the throwdown was planned for last spring, the baker's hand was repeatedly skewered by a metal rod thanks to a malfunctioning pinsetter at his home bowling alley.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 16 July 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1958, in the meaning defined above
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“Pinsetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinsetter. Accessed 28 Sep. 2023.
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