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five stones

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noun

  1. the game of jacks played with five stones

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The opponents each play five stones in an end, having placed a sixth in the house prior the the end starting.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

He says that they helped him to lose almost five stones in 18 months.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2022

The Americans had — count ’em up — one, two, three, four . . . five stones — a fiver that turned a tie game into a 10-5 U.S. advantage, a blowout.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2018

From her pocket, she produced five stones — including an amethyst and a ruby — “to give me good energy,” she said.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2017

Lola was convinced the woods teemed with snakes, but Virgil was certain that he could find five stones here.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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