knucklebones
Britishnoun
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Then I’d fish or challenge followers to a game of knucklebones.
From The Verge ● Aug. 29, 2022
With its assorted pieces and knucklebones, the game is “jolly fiddly, jolly fancy,” Finkel said.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 26, 2019
Josh’s knucklebones: Who has the longest football throw in history?
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2013
Stefan’s knucklebones: Pele’s dramatic retirement puts Ray Lewis’ to shame.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2013
Samir, the Seller of Dreams, I realized, could read such cryptic tablets of the inner mind as a false prophet could read tea leaves or knucklebones.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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