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Also Known As tenpins

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Tommy Jones competing in the Professional Bowlers Association Tournament of Champions final in Uncasville, Conn., April 1, 2007.
Aleta Rzepecki Sill (U.S.) bowling in the 1985 WIBC Bowling Championships where she won the Queens Tournament and the Open Division all-events titles, each for the second time
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Bowling ball hitting all ten pins in a strike. (bowling alley, 10 pins, sports, recreation)
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