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noun
The person who clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: originally
Topics: bowling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The machine that clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bowling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *pinnaz Proto-West Germanic *pinn Old English pinn Middle English pinne English pin Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti Proto-Germanic *satjaną Proto-West Germanic *sattjan Old English settan Middle English setten Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English settere English setter English pinsetter From pin + setter.
