Usually means: Bowling with tall, thin pins.
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  1. candlepin: Merriam-Webster
  2. candlepin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. candlepin: Collins English Dictionary
  4. candlepin: Vocabulary.com
  5. candlepin: Wordnik
  6. candlepin: Wiktionary
  7. candlepin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. candlepin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. candlepin: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Candlepin, candlepin: Dictionary.com
  11. Candlepin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. candlepin: FreeDictionary.org
  13. candlepin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. candlepin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (bowling) A kind of cylindrical tenpin used in a North American regional form of bowling.

Similar:
candlepin bowling, duckpin, headpin, ten-pin, pinsetter, tenpin, ninepin, kingpin, pin setter, kettle-pin, more...

Opposite:
tenpin, bowling, big ball bowling

Types:
candlepin bowling, bowling, bowling alley, bowling ball, bowling pin, more...

Phrases:
candlepin bowling, more...

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Similar:
candlepin bowling, duckpin, headpin, ten-pin, pinsetter, tenpin, ninepin, kingpin, pin setter, kettle-pin, more...

Opposite:
tenpin, bowling, big ball bowling

Types:
candlepin bowling, bowling, bowling alley, bowling ball, bowling pin, more...

Phrases:
candlepin bowling, more...



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