quoit
noun
quoits, a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
quoiter
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a word derived from
quoit.
Example Sentences
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No tennis-player, no horseman, no quoiter, the Governor refused thus to be photographed under false pretences.
From Time Magazine Archive
All min lose their timpers," Mrs. Foley asserted; "an' th' quoiter th' man th' bigger divil he is whin he starts.
From The Land of Strong Men by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
