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Record 1 1989-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

In fivepin bowling, the back pin on the left is called the kingpin or counting pin ... To score any points at all, you must knock down the kingpin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bowling, Billiards and Other Ball Games
CONT

In fivepins, the pins are positioned in triangular fashion, with the head pin designated as No. 5, flanked by two No. 3 pins. The back corner pins are No. 2's, with the lefthand corner pin called the counting pin.

Key term(s)
  • counter pin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quilles, billards et autres jeux de boules

Spanish

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