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
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
The amusements was crokinole and parchesi and checkers and the like of that.
From The Depot Master by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
When crokinole was introduced into Homeburg twenty odd years ago, the kerosene wagon had to make an extra mid-week trip.
From Homeburg Memories by Fitch, George
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