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No one knows for sure; but the usual answer given is that an observer, upon seeing how much the smaller, lighter pins flew around after a strike, pointed out how they reminded him of how wild ducks scatter every which way at the sound of a shotgun blast.

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Q: Why do people call duckpin bowling 'duckpin'?
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