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pinsetter

pinsetter noun: the person who clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.

Noun

pinsetter (plural pinsetters)

  1. (originally) The person who clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.
    • “I was working as a pinsetter in a bowling alley down in Tampa.”2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 92
  2. The machine that clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.
    • They have twelve lanes of candlepin bowling with cranky automatic pinsetters that usually take the last three days of the week off […]1985, Stephen King, Nona

Forms of pinsetter

pluralpinsetters
alternative formpin-setter
alternative formpin setter

Origin of pinsetter

From pin + setter.

Questions about pinsetter

What does pinsetter mean?
Pinsetter means the person who clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.
What part of speech is pinsetter?
Pinsetter is a noun.
What is the plural of pinsetter?
The plural of pinsetter is pinsetters.

Words near pinsetter in the dictionary

  1. pinscreen
  2. pinscreens
  3. pinseal
  4. pinsel
  5. pinsels
  6. pinsetter
  7. pinsetters
  8. pinsetting
  9. Pinsk
  10. Pinsker
  11. Pinskers

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