Definition of "ninepins" []

• Plural form of ninepin. (noun)
• The game of skittles (noun)

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• "The autumn ramble: the woods, the dog, the gun, the Hudson, the stranger, the "ninepins" company, the flagon, the waking -- the changed scenes."
• "He secured a seat in the Commons as one of Sir James Lowther's "ninepins," and speedily won the respect of the House."
• "With the favorites falling like ninepins, the unlikely beneficiary has been Sean Gallagher, a reality TV show star and businessman who was considered a 40 to one outsider when the race started."