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conkers

British

/ ˈkɒŋkəz /

noun

(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

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More than 2,000 conkers had been prepared prior to the event.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2024

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

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

All the conkers used in the event are supplied by the organisers and players draw them "blind" from a bag.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

Recent storms had blown hundreds of conkers out of the trees, raising concerns that they might rot before the big day.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

First years were playing conkers in the queue for the Black Swan Green bus.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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