Associations to the word «Duckpin»

Wiktionary

DUCKPIN, noun. A short, squat form of tenpin

Dictionary definition

DUCKPIN, noun. A bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky