crokinole
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of crokinole
C20: from French croquignole a flick
Example Sentences
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To lend authenticity to one’s stay, lights are dimmed in the evening to mimic candlelight; games like checkers, cribbage and crokinole, the latter from rural Canada, are set out.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022
Some games were set out in the dining room to occupy us: Checkers, cribbage and crokinole — a game developed in rural Canada in the 1860s.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2016
Say, I been learning to play crokinole at Ben Rusk's.
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis
We got up dances and crokinole parties and concerts for them.
From At Good Old Siwash by George Fitch
I could not ask what games he meant, fearing that I might smile in his face if he should say crokinole, tiddledy-winks, or button-button.
From Reveries of a Schoolmaster by Francis B. Pearson
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