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ninepins en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The game of skittles.
   • On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. 1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rip Van Winkle”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 73:
2. (form-of, plural) plural of ninepin
   form of ninepin