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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ninepins \Nine"pins\, noun pl. A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.
Note: In the United States, ten pins are used for this game, which is therefore often called {tenpins}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ninepins
noun: bowling down an alley at a target of nine wooden pins [syn: {skittles}]
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