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CANDLEPIN
candlepin
(noun) a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
candlepin (plural candlepins)
(bowling) A kind of cylindrical tenpin used in a North American regional form of bowling.
Anagrams
• pinnacled
Source: Wiktionary
Can`dle*pin`, n. (Tenpins) (a) A form of pin slender and nearly straight like a candle. (b) The game played with such pins; -- in form candlepins, used as a singular.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NURSE
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
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