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candlepin definition

candle·pin (-pin′)

noun

any of the ten nearly cylindrical pins used with a small ball in a game like bowling

plural noun

this game

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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