ten-strike

American

[ten-strahyk] / ˈtɛnˌstraɪk /

noun

Tenpins. a strike.
Informal. any stroke or act that is completely successful.

ten-strike British

noun

tenpin bowling another word for strike

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Etymology

Origin of ten-strike

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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I should think a ten-strike would make a caddy feel sore for fair.'

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Massingale explained that I had happened to make a ten-strike; that the bar wasn't any such bonanza as that first result would indicate.

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But I want to accomplish what I’m aimin’ at for something higher than just the satisfaction of seeing the Great Hope pay big and know that folks say Joe Hurley has made a ten-strike!”

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“Billy had made a ten-strike in the West,” he remarked to his wife.

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Just as we had begun to get accustomed to Mrs. Williams's dresses, and her beauty, and her nonchalance, and held up our heads again, she knocked us all over with another ten-strike.

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