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ninepins
ninepins, n. pl. (ˈnaɪnpɪnz) [pin n.1 8.] 1. A game in which nine ‘pins’ are set up to be knocked down by a ball or bowl thrown at them.1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Quilles, as iouër aux quilles, to play at nine pins. 1610 Beaum. & Fl. Scornf. Lady iv. i, Thy dry bones can reach at nothing now, b...
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Nine-pins
Nine-pins, ninepins, or 9-pins may refer to:
Nine-pin billiards, also known as goriziana
Nine-pin bowling
Skittles (sport), especially the Greater London
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Lord Lonsdale's ninepins
Lord Lonsdale's ninepins, Sir James's ninepins, or Lowther's ninepins, was a derogatory label applied to certain Members of Parliament during the Georgian The term "Lord Lonsdale's ninepins" was made popular by a piece of wit attributed to Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
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ninepin
ninepin/ˈnaɪnpɪn; `naɪnˌpɪn/ n1 ninepins [sing v]game in which a ball is rolled along the floor at nine bottle-shaped blocks of wood in order to knock them down 九柱地滚球(沿地面滚球撞击九根瓶状木柱的游戏). Cf 参看 skittle, tenpin bowling.2 [C] any of these blocks of wood (九柱地滚球的)瓶状木柱.3 (idm习语) ,go down like `ninepins fal...
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go fall like ninepins
go fall like ninepinsgo down/fall like ninepinsBritish, old-fashionedto be injured, or to fail in large numbers. I've never seen so many players injured. They were going down like ninepins. (usually in continuous tenses)
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Kromsdorf
(football, table tennis, ninepins, volleyball)
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go down like ninepins
go down like ninepinsgo down/fall like ninepinsBritish, old-fashionedto be injured, or to fail in large numbers. I've never seen so many players injured. They were going down like ninepins. (usually in continuous tenses)
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Te Toka-Tapu-a-Kupe / Ninepin Rock
The island was referred to by various variations of the name Ninepin Rock by European settlers, including Ninepins Rock and The Nine Pins.
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John Baynes Garforth
As one of "Lord Lonsdale's ninepins", he sat as a Member of Parliament for two of Lonsdale's pocket boroughs from 1780 through 1802. At the height of his influence, he returned nine members to Parliament, "Lord Lonsdale's ninepins", whom he expected to vote and act completely in obedience
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James Lowther (1753–1837)
As one of "Lord Lonsdale's ninepins", he was member of parliament for Westmorland from 1775 until 1812, and then for Appleby from 1812 until 1818.
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Thomas Postlethwaite (MP)
One of "Lord Lonsdale's ninepins", he represented the pocket borough of Haslemere, in Surrey, from 1784 to 1786.
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VC 4000
(Melody II / Simon)
卡带21:智力游戏IV / 黑白棋(Intelligence IV / Reversi)
卡带22:棋赛II(Chess II)
卡带23:弹珠(Pinball)
卡带24:足球(Soccer)
卡带25:保龄球 / 九樽保龄球(Bowling / Ninepins
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yert
† yert Obs. rare. [Of obscure origin; combines the symbolic elements, initially of yerk, finally of blurt, flirt, spirt, squirt.] = yerk n. 1. yert-point, name of some game (cf. blow-point s.v. blow- 3).1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. xxxi. (1555) T ij, At euery yerte she made godfrey to skyppe. 1659 Lady A...
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