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ninepin bowls

ninepin bowls is the plural of ninepin bowl.

Meaning of ninepin bowl

Noun

ninepin bowl (plural ninepin bowls)

  1. A bowling ball used in the game ninepins or skittles.
    • John's bedchamber was all covered with emeralds and other precious stones, and in the ceiling was a diamond as big as a nine-pin bowl that gave light to the whole chamber.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 294

Questions about ninepin bowls

What is ninepin bowls the plural of?
Ninepin bowls is the plural of ninepin bowl.

Words near ninepin bowls in the dictionary

  1. ninepences
  2. ninepennies
  3. ninepenny
  4. ninepin
  5. ninepin bowl
  6. ninepin bowls
  7. ninepins
  8. nineplex
  9. nineplexes
  10. niner
  11. niners

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