ten-strike

[ ten-strahyk ]

/ ˈtɛnˌstraɪk /

Tenpins. a strike.

Informal. any stroke or act that is completely successful.

Origin of ten-strike

First recorded in 1830–40

The rest, Kennicott hinted, she'd better leave till he "made a ten-strike."

Main Street |Sinclair Lewis
He wrote me jubilantly of what a ten-strike he was going to make with that speech.

The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 3, 1876-1885 |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Say, Cap., you've made a ten-strike today that ought to make you a Major.

Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) |John McElroy
Tom, where you made a ten-strike with the old man was in accepting that horse herd at Dodge last fall.

The Outlet |Andy Adams

They have no ninepins, so they are not trying to make a ten-strike.

Greenwich Village |Anna Alice Chapin

ten-strike

tenpin bowling another word for strike (def. 40)