Candlepin
a bowling pin that is almost cylindrical and can be set up on either end, used in a game resembling tenpins.
candlepins, (used with a singular verb) the game played with such pins.
noun
a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc
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