"pin-setter" meaning in All languages combined

See pin-setter on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pin-setters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pin-setter (plural pin-setters)
  1. Alternative form of pinsetter Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pinsetter
    Sense id: en-pin-setter-en-noun-lXWRi2UZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1923, Henry Chase Hill, The Wonder Book of Knowledge, page 360:",
          "text": "The Backus pin-setter is almost human in its operation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1954, Jack Weinberg, Duck Pin Bowling, page 62:",
          "text": "Pins knocked down by a pin or pins coming in contact with the pin-setter ( pin-boy ) shall count as pins down, except should the pin-setter ( pin-boy ) deliberately throw a pin or pins on the alley, then the pins knocked down by such action shall be respotted.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 242:",
          "text": "And there is a bowling alley with an automatic pin-setter.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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  "word": "pin-setter"
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          "ref": "1923, Henry Chase Hill, The Wonder Book of Knowledge, page 360:",
          "text": "The Backus pin-setter is almost human in its operation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1954, Jack Weinberg, Duck Pin Bowling, page 62:",
          "text": "Pins knocked down by a pin or pins coming in contact with the pin-setter ( pin-boy ) shall count as pins down, except should the pin-setter ( pin-boy ) deliberately throw a pin or pins on the alley, then the pins knocked down by such action shall be respotted.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 242:",
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