Meaning of knockemdowns | Babel Free

Definitions

The game of tenpins.

UK, archaic, uncountable

Examples

“'O, never fear,' carelessly; 'I'll have a turn at the knockemdowns, and one glass of ale in the booth, and then I'm your man.'”

“In knockemdowns and bowls ten pins are used, the centre one being called the king, and the ball has to be grounded before it reaches the frame.”

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