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knockemdowns

knockemdowns noun: the game of tenpins.

Noun

knockemdowns (uncountable)

  1. (UK, archaic) The game of tenpins.
    • 'O, never fear,' carelessly; 'I'll have a turn at the knockemdowns, and one glass of ale in the booth, and then I'm your man.'1874, Belgravia: A London Magazine, volume 24, page 325
    • In knockemdowns and bowls ten pins are used, the centre one being called the king, and the ball has to be grounded before it reaches the frame.1878, John Henry Walsh, British Rural Sports, page 712

Origin of knockemdowns

From knock them down with plural -s.

Questions about knockemdowns

What does knockemdowns mean?
Knockemdowns means the game of tenpins.
What part of speech is knockemdowns?
Knockemdowns is a noun.

Words near knockemdowns in the dictionary

  1. knocked the wind out of someone's sails
  2. knocked together
  3. knocked under
  4. knocked up
  5. knocked wood
  6. knockemdowns
  7. knocker
  8. knocker up
  9. knocker ups
  10. knocker-up
  11. knocker-upper

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