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candlepin bowling noun[ U ] uk /ˌkæn.dəl.pɪn ˈbəʊ.lɪŋ/ us /ˌkæn.dəl.pɪn ˈboʊ.lɪŋ/(alsocandlepins) a kind of bowling(= a game played inside, in which you roll a heavy ball down a track) that is played in parts of Canada and New England. It is played with a smaller ball than usual and tall, thin pins(= the objects that you try to knock over): The children had a maths lesson about means and averages before going on a field trip to go candlepin bowling. She once appeared on a Boston TV bowling show, Candlepins for Cash. We met up at a candlepin bowling alley called the Milky Way in Jamaica Plain. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Bowls, bowling & croquet alley bias bisque bocce boule bowling alley bowling ball bowling green counter croquet duckpin duckpin bowling jack lawn bowling mallet pin pinsetter skip strike tenpin |