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Definition of Candlepin

Candlepin
Candlepin Can`dle*pin`, n. (Tenpins) (a) A form of pin slender and nearly straight like a candle. (b) The game played with such pins; -- in form candlepins, used as a singular.

Meaning of Candlepin from wikipedia

- Candlepin bowling is a variation of bowling that is pla**** primarily in the Canadian Maritime provinces and the New England region of the United States...
- Others have no automatic tracking of the state of the game, especially in candlepin and duckpin bowling sports, which use smaller balls, and in which the...
- ball in various bowling games including tenpins, five-pins, duckpins and candlepins. Pin specifications are set by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC)...
- ten-pin bowling but are slightly larger and heavier than those used in candlepin bowling. Duckpins, although arranged in a triangle identical to that used...
- in the New England and Canadian Maritimes-centered sport of candlepin bowling. As candlepin bowling uniquely allows the use of fallen "dead wood" pins...
- relates mainly to terms applicable to ten-pin bowling. For candlepin terms, see Candlepin bowling#Terminology. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O...
- holes for two fingers and the thumb. Balls used in five-pin bowling, candlepin bowling, duckpin bowling, and European nine-pin bowling have no holes...
- knocked over on a second roll. Common types of pin bowling include ten-pin, candlepin, duckpin, nine-pin, and five-pin. The historical game skittles is the...
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- primarily worked in the Boston area and hosted a local candlepin bowling show during the 1970s named Candlepins for Cash. A graduate of the College of the Holy...