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  • noun A pin used in kayles or skittles.

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Examples

  • October 4, 2008 at 7:14 am same thingz fur mii. jess add gowin owt tu bai nu tinny chooz, kitteh litturz an greenz fur da bunnehs! kayle, parslee, dandee lyons, basil… dem bunnehs be eetin bettur dan mii aifinkso!

    No hunny.. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • THen FCA - but first i hung out with james, then nick and kayle, then tims friend james, and then james some more, a nd then i talked to dj on the phone, then i hung out with eric. it wuz a lot of fun!

    zingerbabai Diary Entry zingerbabai 2004

  • Remember that the second kayle-pin must be removed before you begin to play, and that if you knock down two at once those two must be close together, because in the real game the ball could not do more than this.

    The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893

  • Now, I will introduce to my readers a new game of parlour kayle-pins, that can be played across the table without any preparation whatever.

    The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893

  • In the illustration we get a picture of some of our fourteenth-century ancestors playing at kayle-pins in this manner.

    The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893

  • Therefore, in playing our table-game, all you have to do is to knock down with your fingers, or take away, any single kayle-pin or two adjoining kayle-pins, playing alternately until one of the two players makes the last capture, and so wins.

    The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893

  • Now, if he knocks down a single, you knock down a single; if he knocks down two in one triplet, you knock down two in the other triplet; if he knocks down the central kayle in a triplet, you knock down the central one in the other triplet.

    The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893

  • It is assumed that the ancient players had become so expert that they could always knock down any single kayle-pin, or any two kayle-pins that stood close together.

    The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893

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    GNOME-Look.org Content 2009

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    GNOME-Look.org Content 2009

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