How to Use duckpin in a Sentence
duckpin
noun-
Here are four local places to get out of the heat and try your hand at duckpin, plus a bonus spot to go fowling.
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Kurtcia Collazo,
IndyStar,
7 Aug. 2025
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The rec center helps, too, loaded with duckpin bowling, a small cinema, and games so there’s always something to fall back on.
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Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Robb Report,
9 Apr. 2026
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Several lanes of duckpin bowling live in a separate corner of the facility.
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Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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Dating back to the early 1900s, duckpin bowling is a variant of traditional bowling with a much lighter and smaller ball and shorter pins.
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Kurtcia Collazo,
IndyStar,
7 Aug. 2025
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Plus, this National Historic Landmark also claims to have the largest front porch in the world and the oldest duckpin bowling alley in the United States.
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Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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With bumper cars and duckpin bowling, Atomic City Family Fun Center is a veritable wonderland for the young and young at heart.
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Matt Kirouac,
Midwest Living,
7 June 2026
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A little more than two years after opening at Jordan Creek Town Center, a West Des Moines mini-golf course and duckpin bowling alley is closing.
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Emery Glover,
Des Moines Register,
12 Mar. 2026
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In 1986, Pete Iaria (named for his great uncle) partnered with businessman Linton Calvert to open the city's first duckpin bowling alley in the former Iaria Lanes, which operated directly next to the restaurant from 1947-81.
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Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
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