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pin setter en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of pinsetter.
    alt of pinsetter
    • The greatest advantage of automatic pin setters is that the individual pin setter frequently desires to cease work at midnight while the automatic pin setter can continue to all hours. 1958, American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, Real Estate Appraisal Practice: Silver Anniversary Papers, page 632:
    • The pin setter is activated as a result of the bowling ball contacting the cushion at the back of the pit. 1982, Roscoe Hastings, Let's Go Bowling, page 8:
    • Bowling set has two 5-inch plastic balls and time-saving automatic pin setter that anyone can operate with little effort. 1997, Thomas W. Holland, Girls' Toys of the Fifties and Sixties:

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