crokinole

British  

/ ˈkrɒkəˌnəʊl /

noun

1. a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs

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Etymology

Origin of crokinole

C20: from French croquignole a flick

Example Sentences

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

The props are out of the 1900 Sears, Roebuck catalogue � horsehair chairs, heaters with isinglass panes, Brussels car pets, claw-footed mahogany sideboards, a crokinole board.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Lewis, Sinclair

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 Pearson, Francis B.