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pinspotter

noun

Etymology

From pin + spotter.

  1. derived from *(s)pel-✻
  2. derived from *splt-no-✻
  3. inherited from *spluttaz✻
  4. inherited from *splott✻
  5. inherited from splott — “spot, plot of land”
  6. inherited from splot
  7. derived from spotte — “spot, speck”
  8. inherited from spot
  9. formed as spotter — “spot + -er”
  10. compounded as pinspotter — “pin + spotter”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of pinsetter (“person or machine that resets fallen pins”).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA