knucklebones
Definitions
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- noun (noun) A game with similarities to jacks and dice.
- noun (noun) Slang for dice.
Examples
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She wove our clothes, played knucklebones, snakes & ladders, lined up with other women at the well, walked home balancing the vase on her head as she balanced our family, the oikos.
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I soon found him; he was playing knucklebones in the churchyard with some other boys.
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Here and there amid this enormous game of knucklebones there could be traced the imaginary ruins of medieval cities with forts and dungeons, pepper-box turrets, and machicolated towers.
Note
This ancient game was originally played with the knucklebones - actually the ankle bone - of a sheep.
