One that knocks down all the pins.
1844. The first five balls were each ten strikes, as the phrase is.—Phila. Spirit of the Times, Aug. 10.
a. 1853. Down went the whole triangle of pins; it was a perfect ten-strike.—Dow, Jun., ‘Patent Sermons,’ iii. 218.
1855. I had the satisfaction of seeing Miss E—— make numerous ten-strikes, which, although deserving of admiration, were somewhat detrimental to the limbs of the boys who set up the pins.—Knick. Mag., xlvi. 144 (Aug.).
1856. Occasionally the car is brought to a full stop, and the ‘standees’ are thrown against each other like alley-pins by a ‘ten-strike.’—Id., xlvii. 278 (March).
1856. Then a stripping off in double-quick time, and a last yell, as a tremendous surf makes a ten-strike of the bathers.—Id., xlviii. 288 (Sept.).
