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Ten-strike   Listen
noun
Ten-strike  n.  
1.
(Tenpins) A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball. (U. S.)
2.
Any quick, decisive stroke or act. (Colloq. U. S.)





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"Ten-strike" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Well, well," says he, "I AM feeling pretty good. Made a ten-strike with Mrs. T. this afternoon ...
— Cape Cod Stories - The Old Home House • Joseph C. Lincoln
... Atlantic this time. Wonderful number. Mrs. Rose Terry Cooke's story was a ten-strike. I wish she would write 12 old-time ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain


Words linked to "Ten-strike" :   score, strike


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