Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A pin used in the game of skittles. Also called kettle-pin, kittle-pin.

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Examples

  • "My poor palfrey went over like a skittle-pin before a ball.

    Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906

  • "My poor palfrey went over like a skittle-pin before a ball.

    Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

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