candlepin

candlepin
/kan"dl pin'/, n.
1. a bowling pin that is almost cylindrical and can be set up on either end, used in a game resembling tenpins.
2. candlepins, (used with a sing. v.) the game played with such pins.
[1900-05; CANDLE + PIN]

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