candlepin bowling

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Noun

candlepin bowling (uncountable)

  1. A type of bowling popular in New England, with tall, narrow pins.
    Synonym: (New England) bowling
    • 1985, Stephen King, Nona:
      They have twelve lanes of candlepin bowling with cranky automatic pinsetters that usually take the last three days of the week off []