pinboy

English

Etymology

From pin +‎ boy.

Noun

pinboy (plural pinboys)

  1. (bowling) A male pinsetter. [from 19th c.]
    • 2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 10:
      The tips kept rolling in, literally, the practice being to stuff dollar bills into the thumb and finger holes and roll the ball back gently, even respectfully, to the pinboy.
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