ninepins in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for ninepins in the English»French Dictionary

ninepins N + vb sing

ninepins

jeu m de quilles

ninepin [Brit ˈnʌɪnpɪn] N

ninepin

quille f

to go down or fall like ninepins

tomber comme des mouches

ninepins in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ninepins in the English»French Dictionary

ninepins [ˈnaɪnpɪnz] N pl

ninepins Brit:

ninepins

quilles fpl

Phrases:

to be going down like ninepins

tomber comme des mouches

Translations for ninepins in the French»English Dictionary

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ninepin Am

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ninepin alley Am

ninepins Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be going down like ninepins

tomber comme des mouches

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Her husband bought his shop with her dowry, goes to the alehouse at every opportunity and squanders his money playing ninepins.

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As firms fell like ninepins around them, canny chief executives demanded new clauses in their contracts that guaranteed the equivalent of lottery wins if their firms were taken over.

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Our boys were falling like ninepins, but it was even worse for them.

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They talk in the sheds about how he bowled over champ after champ like ninepins.

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