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duck⋅pin

  [duhk-pin]
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–noun
1. Bowling. a short pin of relatively large diameter, used in a game resembling tenpins, and bowled at with small balls.
2. duckpins, (used with a singular verb) the game played with such pins.
Origin:
1905–10; so called from the pin's resemblance to the shape of a duck
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duck·pin   (dŭk'pĭn')   
n.  

  1. A bowling pin that is shorter and squatter than a tenpin.

  2. duckpins (used with a sing. verb) A bowling game played with such pins and a small ball.


[From its squat appearance.]
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