morra

American  

[mawr-uh] / ˈmɔr ə /

noun

1. an Italian game in which players suddenly show a hand with from 0 to 5 fingers held up, simultaneously guessing the total number of fingers held up by all players.

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Example Sentences

"I'll bury my granny the morra, an' then—then I start."

From The Weans at Rowallan by Fitzpatrick, Kathleen

The game is usually five, but sometimes "double morra" is played, the score being ten.

From St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various

A little maid led out her snowy lamb to graze among the woods, and children played at "morra" beside the river, which ran at peace, lapping the silver sand.

From The Italians by Elliot, Frances

The proverbial phrase for an honest man was quicum in tenebris mices, one you would trust to play at morra in the dark.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

The man leaned eagerly forward, and throwing out his right hand with three fingers extended, as if playing morra, called out, "Quello del casotiello, volete farlo per tre?"

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 by Various