Definition of tenpin
1
: a bottle-shaped bowling pin 15 inches high
2
tenpins plural in form but singular in construction
: a bowling game using 10 tenpins and a large ball 27 inches in circumference and allowing each player to bowl 2 balls in each of 10 frames
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The first known use of tenpin was in 1807
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