CANDLEPIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("candlepin" is a kind of...):

bowling pin; pin (a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target)

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