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A list of phrases related to the word "tenpin"...
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A diller, a dollar, a
ten
o'clock scholar
Address the
ball
( golfing term denoting readiness to play )
After the
ball
was over
As bright as a new
pin
As neat as a new
pin
Ball
achingly good
Ball
and chain
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Ball
of fire
Behind the eight
ball
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Bowling along
Can of corn ( A baseball expression meaning a
ball
which is easy to catch )
Carry the
ball
Chip and
pin
Count to
ten
Curve
ball
( a difficult proposition - deriving from baseball terminology )
Different
ball
game
Drop the
ball
Eight out of
ten
cats prefer it ( Whiskas Cat Food advertising slogan )
End of the
ball
game
First
strike
Get the
ball
rolling
Go out on
strike
( Withdraw one's labour and leave one's place of work )
Ground
ball
( A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment )
Handbags at
ten
paces
Hang
ten
Hard to
pin
down
Have a
ball
Have the
ball
at your feet
High
ball
Keep the
ball
rolling
Keep your eye on the
ball
King
pin
Knock the cover off the
ball
( A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation )
Lucky
Strike
means finer tobacco ( Lucky
Strike
Cigarettes advertising slogan )
No throat irritation - no cough ( Lucky
Strike
Cigarettes advertising slogan )
On the
ball
One volunteer is worth
ten
pressed men
Perfect
ten
Pin
money
Pin
the tail on the donkey
Pin
your ears back
Pin
your hopes on
Play
ball
Pre-emptive
strike
Pull the
pin
Reach for a Lucky instead of a Sweet ( Lucky
Strike
Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Royal flush ( in poker - a hand including a
ten
jack queen king and ace of the same suit )
Run with the
ball
See a
pin
and pick it up
See a
pin
and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a
pin
and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day
Seriously
ten
( Network
Ten
Australia advertising slogan )
So round, so firm, so fully packed ( Lucky
Strike
Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Spot the
ball
Start the
ball
rolling
Strike
Up The Band ( George Gershwin composition )
Strike
a balance
Strike
a chord with
Strike
a deal ( or bargain )
Strike
a light
Strike
a pose
Strike
beard
Strike
it rich
Strike
lucky
Strike
me pink
Strike
out swinging ( A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best effort )
Strike
up the band
Strike
while the iron is hot
Take me out to the
ball
game
Ten
a penny
Ten
green bottles sitting on the wall
Ten
lords a-leaping ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Ten
one hundred
Ten
summersets he'll undertake on solid ground ( Beatles song lyric )
That's the way the
ball
bounces
The Grand old Duke of York he had
ten
thousand men ( line from nursery rhyme )
The Head
Ball
Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The Ol'
Ball
Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The Queen of TV Comedy ( Nickname of comedienne Lucille
Ball
)
The
Ten
Commandments ( Charlton Heston movie )
The Top
Ten
The
ball
is in your court
The belle of the
ball
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The old
ball
and chain
The sound of leather on willow ( sound of the
ball
on the bat in cricket )
The way the
ball
bounces
There's never a rough puff in a lucky ( Lucky
Strike
Cigarettes advertising slogan )
They're toasted ( Lucky
Strike
Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Three score and
ten
Tonight's top
ten
list ( A catchphrase from David Letterman In The Late Show )
Trap and
ball
( children's
ball
game )
Whole
ball
of wax
Whole new
ball
game
You could have heard a
pin
drop
Your starter for
ten
( A catchphrase from University Challenge )