pinsetter

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Etymology

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From pin +‎ setter.

Noun

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pinsetter (plural pinsetters)

  1. (bowling, originally) The person who clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.
  2. (bowling) The machine that clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.
    • 1985, Stephen King, Nona:
      They have twelve lanes of candlepin bowling with cranky automatic pinsetters that usually take the last three days of the week off []

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