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Ten-strike   /tɛn-straɪk/   Listen
noun
Ten-strike  n.  
1.
(Tenpins) A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball. (U. S.)
2.
Any quick, decisive stroke or act. (Colloq. U. S.)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Ten-strike" Quotes from Famous Books



... ten-strike now," exclaimed he, as he launched the missile at the door with herculean force, and himself remained in classic attitude watching the effect of the shot, as the door groaned, and creaked, and splintered under ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 • Various
... Atlantic this time. Wonderful number. Mrs. Rose Terry Cooke's story was a ten-strike. I wish she would write 12 old-time ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... having gone through a great diversity of emotion while writing it, for many months."] It broke her heart, and sent her to bed with a grievous headache,—which I look upon as a triumphant success. Judging from its effect on her and the publisher, I may calculate on what bowlers calls a 'ten-strike.' But I do not make any ...
— A Study Of Hawthorne • George Parsons Lathrop
... me to congratulate you on your good-fortune. You have well deserved it. I like to see a young man like you make such a ten-strike, especially when it comes in consequence of ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 21, July, 1859 • Various
... occasionally make a ten-strike, the average correspondent must rely upon logic and "reasons why" in making ...
— Business Correspondence • Anonymous


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