knockemdowns

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From knock them down with plural -s.

Noun[edit]

knockemdowns (uncountable)

  1. (UK, archaic) The game of tenpins.
    • 1874, Belgravia: A London Magazine, volume 24, page 325:
      '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.'
    • 1878, John Henry Walsh, British Rural Sports, page 712:
      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.