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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1681
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(Nyne-,) Nine-pin, attrib. [e.m.E. -pins (1580).] Nine-pin king, the ‘king’ or middle skittle in the game of nine-pins. (See also *Kyle n.2). — 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. i. 52.
He stood like a nine-pin king
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