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conkers

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conkers [ˈkɒŋkəz]
n
(Group Games / Games, other than specified) (functioning as singular) Brit 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
[from dialect conker snail shell, originally used in the game]
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Byline: SENAN HOGAN NATURE nuts are going bonkers for conkers - and hope to gather 60,000 within a week.
We're bonkers about conkers; RACE TO GATHER 60,000 AHEAD OF ... by The Mirror (London, England)
Mr Baker said: "One year a man was doing fantastically well and smashed all his opponents' conkers and made it to the final.
Park welcomes the city's all conker-ing heroes; Players go for gold ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Competitors can use their own conkers, but park rangers will also provide some, and the length of string is limited to four inches, although this is extended to six for the final.
Liverpool celebration for conker-ing heroes by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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