knockemdowns

English

Etymology

From knock them down with plural -s.

Noun

knockemdowns (uncountable)

  1. (UK, archaic) The game of tenpins.
    • 1874, Belgravia: A London Magazine (volume 24, page 325)
      'O, never fear,' carelessly; 'I'll have a turn at the knockemdowns, and one glass of ale in the booth, and then I'm your man.'
    • 1878, John Henry Walsh, British Rural Sports (page 712)
      In knockemdowns and bowls ten pins are used, the centre one being called the king, and the ball has to be grounded before it reaches the frame.
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