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conkers

/ ˈkɒŋkəz /

noun

  1. functioning as singular a game in which a player swings a horse chestnut (conker), threaded onto a string, against that of another player to try to break it
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of conkers1

C19: from dialect conker snail shell, originally used in the game

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