conkers

English

Etymology

From conker +‎ -s.

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Noun

conkers pl (plural only)

1. (British, games) A game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a "conker") suspended from a length of string, and take turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed.

   Synonym: (dialectal) cobbler

Noun

conkers

1. plural of conker

Further reading

• conkers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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