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conkers
/ ˈkɒŋkəz /
noun
- 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
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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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