crokinole

/ (ˈkrɒkəˌnəʊl) /

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noun

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

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Word Origin for crokinole

C20: from French croquignole a flick

Words nearby crokinole

croggy, Crohn's disease, croissant, Croix de Guerre, croker sack, crokinole, Cro-Magnon, Cro-Magnon man, crombec, Crome, Cromer

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How to use crokinole in a sentence

We got up dances and crokinole parties and concerts for them.
At Good Old Siwash|George Fitch
When crokinole was introduced into Homeburg twenty odd years ago, the kerosene wagon had to make an extra mid-week trip.
Homeburg Memories|George Helgesen Fitch