pin-spottern.

Brit.

/ˈpɪnˌspɒtə/, U.S.

/ˈpɪnˌspɑdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pin n.¹, spot v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < pin n.¹ + spot v. (although this is first attested later in the relevant sense: see spot v. 19) + -er suffix¹ Compare earlier pin-setter n.

Bowling (originally U.S.).

An automated device used in a bowling alley for resetting the pins. Cf. pin-setter n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] > setting up of pins > pin-setter

pinboy1892

pin-setter1899

pin-spotter1905

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] > setting up of pins > machine

pin-spotter1905

pinboy1958

1905 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 16 Feb. 6/2 The Milwaukee people have decided..to use the automatic pin-spotter... It will enable them to run each squad off in two hours.

1958 Economist 20 Dec. 1085/1 In 1954 the American Machine & Foundry Company began large-scale production of an electronic automatic pin-setter, or pin spotter as it is also called.

1998 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 5 Nov. 5 The automatic pinspotters were still in operation some 40 years after they replaced the pinboys that worked there until the late 1950s.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pin-spotter
释义	pin-spottern. Brit. /ˈpɪnˌspɒtə/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌspɑdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pin n.¹, spot v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < pin n.¹ + spot v. (although this is first attested later in the relevant sense: see spot v. 19) + -er suffix¹ Compare earlier pin-setter n. Bowling (originally U.S.). An automated device used in a bowling alley for resetting the pins. Cf. pin-setter n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] > setting up of pins > pin-setter pinboy1892 pin-setter1899 pin-spotter1905 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] > setting up of pins > machine pin-spotter1905 pinboy1958 1905 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 16 Feb. 6/2 The Milwaukee people have decided..to use the automatic pin-spotter... It will enable them to run each squad off in two hours. 1958 Economist 20 Dec. 1085/1 In 1954 the American Machine & Foundry Company began large-scale production of an electronic automatic pin-setter, or pin spotter as it is also called. 1998 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 5 Nov. 5 The automatic pinspotters were still in operation some 40 years after they replaced the pinboys that worked there until the late 1950s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1905
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