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candlepin
/ ˈæԻəˌɪ /
noun
a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of candlepin1
Example Sentences
The bowling alley is home to traditional tenpin bowling as well as candlepin, a variant of bowling found in New England.
And since you’re from New England, was it in candlepin bowling?
Now that life is absent so many of the things that make it worth living — rock shows, theater, movies, restaurants, dinner parties, opera, candlepin bowling — one learns to take one’s pleasures where one can.
Eight of the women also play golf at Hillcrest CC in Leicester and candlepin bowl at Colonial Bowling Center.
The recreation center has vintage candlepin bowling played with balls small enough for little hands to grip.
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