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pin-setter en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of pinsetter.
The Backus pin-setter is almost human in its operation.
1923, Henry Chase Hill, The Wonder Book of Knowledge, page 360:And there is a bowling alley with an automatic pin-setter.
2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 242:Pins knocked down by a pin or pins coming in contact with the pin-setter ( pin-boy ) shall count as pins down, except should the pin-setter ( pin-boy ) deliberately throw a pin or pins on the alley, then the pins knocked down by such action shall be respotted.
1954, Jack Weinberg, Duck Pin Bowling, page 62:
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