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fivepins 
n. pl. a game of bowls, first played in 1909, in which the players attempt to knock over five pins, each of different scoring value, by rolling three large balls, one at a time, down an alley.
See also: fivepin bowling
- 1962 There are several types of bowling games, from duckpins in Quebec to candlepins in the Maritimes, but most people prefer fivepins.
- 1963 He [the bowler] does not, for instance, have to knock over a certain pin to count, as is the case in five pins.
- 1962 There are several types of bowling games, from duckpins in Quebec to candlepins in the Maritimes, but most people prefer fivepins.