potsy

[ pot-see ]

noun

1. hopscotch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of potsy¹

First recorded in 1930–35; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

The familiarity of western thriller ‘Old Henry’ is elevated by Tim Blake Nelson’s fine performance and filmmaker Potsy Ponciroli’s flair for suspense.

From Los Angeles Times

The writer-director Potsy Ponciroli sometimes gets too ripe in giving the dialogue a stylized twang, and the plot burdens itself with iconography it can’t support.

From New York Times

I have no idea if filmmaker Potsy Ponciroli wrote the coiled, small-scale western “Old Henry” for Nelson’s particular gifts with frontier authenticity — again, he’s the guy in the movie’s name, only this time a full-on lead — but it sure does seem like Ponciroli did.

From Los Angeles Times

They played potsy, humming “The Soldiers’ Chorus” from Faust which they called “Glory.”

From Literature

She found him flattened out on a car track to make a miniature potsy.

From Literature