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Significados de nine-pins em inglês

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Type of bowling popular in central Europe.

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Uso de nine-pins em inglês
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We simply cannot stand against them; we go down like nine-pins.
The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile Expedition
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A great part of the afternoon at nine-pins with my Lord and Mr. Hetley.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 05: May 1660
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These were a couple of enormous balls, and nine-pins as tall as a man.
Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
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They played nine-pins, ate crabs with dill, drank punch, and, above everything, sang songs.
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
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My Lord and we at nine-pins: I lost 9s.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 05: May 1660
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Edith has kept up her gymnastics, and even taught her to row and play nine-pins.
Marm Lisa
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We are not willingly put out of our way, even at a game of nine-pins.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
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Eight hundred and seventy-eighth day, nine-pins counted "one, one, one," etc.
The Mind of the Child, Part II / The Development of the Intellec...
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If we hadn't been very large, sturdy persons we might have tumbled over like nine-pins.
Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer
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It got its name because in the seventeenth century, Dutch settlers used it for playing nine-pins.
The Democracy Project
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STRIKE:} terms of the game of STRING:} nine-pins.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 / A Maga...
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He bowled 'em over like nine-pins.
In the Midst of Alarms
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He said that he had been playing at nine-pins with railways, which was good enough sport for him.
At the Sign of the Eagle
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The game of nine-pins is a favourite game in America, and very superior to what it is in England.
Diary in America, Series One
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My friends fell off from me; ay, they fell like nine-pins whenever I could get within reach of them.
Much Darker Days
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There was barely time to camp before the gale became furious, raging all night, and throwing down tents like nine-pins.
Through the Mackenzie Basin / A Narrative of the Athabasca and P...
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Translations for nine-pins
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Nine-pins ao longo do tempo