"pin-setter" meaning in English

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "pinsetter"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1923, Henry Chase Hill, The Wonder Book of Knowledge, page 360",
          "text": "The Backus pin-setter is almost human in its operation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 242",
          "text": "And there is a bowling alley with an automatic pin-setter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of pinsetter"
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  "word": "pin-setter"
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    {
      "form": "pin-setters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "pin-setter (plural pin-setters)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "word": "pinsetter"
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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.",
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        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 242",
          "text": "And there is a bowling alley with an automatic pin-setter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of pinsetter"
      ],
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  "word": "pin-setter"
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