quoit
Americannoun
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(used with a singular verb) 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.
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a ring used in the game of quoits.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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a ring of iron, plastic, rope, etc, used in the game of quoits
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slang a variant spelling of coit
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Etymology
Origin of quoit
1350–1400; Middle English coyte < ?
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A Philadelphia trophy was inscribed: "Given by the German-American Bund; quoit tournament, 1937."
From Time Magazine Archive
Jason had no idea what a quoit was, but he tried to stay focused.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
“Let’s see...earlier I was eating ice cream. Right now I’m tossing this quoit ring.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
"It was as if, at some of the ancient games, a stranger had appeared upon the plain, and thrown his quoit among the marks of former casts, which tradition had ascribed to the demi-gods."
From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by R. W. (Richard William) Church
Formerly, in the country, the rustics, not having the round perforated quoits to play with, used horse-shoes; and in many places the quoit itself, to this day, is called a shoe.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
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