chunkey

Archaeologists also dug up stones used in a game called chunkey, a sort of mobile horseshoes match that ­involved throwing spears at a concave stone as it rolled along the ground.

Mound City on the Mississippi 2009

Even with his capital occupied, a deadly invader stalking his lands, and despair in all directions, Cafakke let nothing interfere with his enjoyment of chunkey.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

To keep from doing anything stupid, we worked on the chunkey court, pulling weeds and practicing.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

Cafakke had hauled in clay for a chunkey court, but his palace walls were sealed only with mats?

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

Turning my attention to the chunkey court—it was barely visible in the grass—I imagined feathered and decorated players rolling their stones, casting lances.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

Desperate to engage in anything except reliving that confrontation with Back-from-the-Dead, I pulled my chunkey lances from inside the alligator quiver.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

Throughout the week, our trade had increased substantially, compliments of chunkey and the occasional archery match.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

I was amazed to see that a chunkey court had been laid out, the packed clay surface carefully smoothed and graded.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

A chunkey stone—for those of you who grew up in impoverished cultures that lack truly inspiring games—is a disc.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

He thought about that, leaning on his long lance, the chunkey game forgotten.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

Some days, the Grand Plaza was cleared so that people could play a game with pucks and spears called Chunkey.

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