pin setter

English

Noun

pin setter (plural pin setters)

  1. Alternative form of pinsetter
    • 1958, American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, Real Estate Appraisal Practice: Silver Anniversary Papers, page 632:
      The greatest advantage of automatic pin setters is that the individual pin setter frequently desires to cease work at midnight while the automatic pin setter can continue to all hours.
    • 1982, Roscoe Hastings, Let's Go Bowling, page 8:
      The pin setter is activated as a result of the bowling ball contacting the cushion at the back of the pit.
    • 1997, Thomas W. Holland, Girls' Toys of the Fifties and Sixties:
      Bowling set has two 5-inch plastic balls and time-saving automatic pin setter that anyone can operate with little effort.

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