conkers

British  

/ ˈkɒŋkəz /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) a game in which a player swings a horse chestnut (conker), threaded onto a string, against that of another player to try to break it

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Etymology

Origin of conkers

C19: from dialect conker snail shell, originally used in the game

Example Sentences

There had been fears the event would be cancelled for only the third time in its history due to the hot, dry summer, which caused conkers to fall from trees early.

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Organisers of next month's World Conker Championships hope to have avoided cancelling it altogether following an appeal for help, after the hot, dry summer caused conkers to drop from their trees early.

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"Billy Connolly has worked his conkers off to make it look like he's just thought something up," he says.

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The event saw participants go head-to-head using conkers threaded on to string to try and smash their opponent's nut.

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She now helps out by picking good nuts and threading about 2,000 conkers for battle.

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