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ten-strike
[ ten-strahyk ]
noun
- Tenpins. a strike.
- Informal. any stroke or act that is completely successful.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ten-strike1
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Example Sentences
“Billy had made a ten-strike in the West,” he remarked to his wife.
If he could only find out something that Deborah Badger was particular interested in, then he believed he could make a ten-strike.
Tom, where you made a ten-strike with the old man was in accepting that horse herd at Dodge last fall.
They had done their work in the finest American naval style, and had made a ten-strike against the German mine-layers.
What made the particular ten-strike with us was the pride he took in that same mother.
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