quoits

• As there were a number of workmen in the Temple employed in pulling down houses and building new walls, they only allowed a part of the chestnut- tree walk for the promenade, in which I was allowed to share, and where I also played with the young Prince at ball, quoits, or races. —  The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, entire
• Monday on Buskirk Field where students can learn about the game of quoits, the direct predecessor to horseshoes. —  The Parthenon
• And then we played quoits, and danced and listened to the band, forgetting the things which were behind and disregarding (for the moment) the things which were before. —  The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900
• "I taught her to play deck quoits, and shot a few things for her with my gun. —  The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
• His great passion was the game of quoits, and he was a member of the club which met, as it still meets, at Buchanan's Spring, near the city, to play at this game. —  Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made

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