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ten-strike
[ ten-strahyk ]
noun
- Tenpins. a strike.
- Informal. any stroke or act that is completely successful.
ten-strike
noun
- tenpin bowling another word for strike
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ten-strike1
First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences
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I should think a ten-strike would make a caddy feel sore for fair.'
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He made a ten-strike with every female that hit that loft.
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Massingale explained that I had happened to make a ten-strike; that the bar wasn't any such bonanza as that first result would indicate.
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They met as usual the amused inquiries of the Passonians regarding the “ten-strike” they had been expected to make.
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“Billy had made a ten-strike in the West,” he remarked to his wife.
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