What is "duckpin"

Usage examples of "duckpin".

But there was no joy in letting go of the duckpin, no release when it smacked the head pin and sent all nine others reeling, her first strike of the evening.

The latter was a huge chamber with squash courts, dumbbells, Indian clubs, a duckpin bowling alley, and other strenuous opportunities.

She swore it was only her third time at duckpins, but Tess was beginning to suspect the Talbot homestead contained a secret alley or two, where Whitney had honed her skills for years with an eye toward this opportunity to humiliate her.

They came crashing through into the entry hall where they piled up like so many falling duckpins, dislodging as they fell a neat pyramid of mummified heads.

All four, counting the one Caleb tossed, went down like so many duckpins and rolled around on the ground with arms and legs flying.

In the back corner was a color TV carrying a bowling game called Duckpins for Dollars.

Both are art, just as billiards and pool and duckpins and tenpins are all valid sports, and both accomplish different and equally important ends.

Retaining racks on another held duckpins, Frisbees, hula hoops, and handballs.