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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

He’d think about finding five stones, each of a different size, in the woods near Kaori’s house.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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