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cockamaroo|ˌkɒkəməˈruː| A variety of bagatelle.
1850Bohn's Hand-bk. Games 613 (heading) Russian Bagatelle, or Cockamaroo Table. 1875Encycl. Brit. III. 230/2 Cockamaroo, or Russian Bagatelle, is played on a table prepared with a number of pins, holes, arches, and bells, up to and through which the ball is played from the baulk end of the table. It is a childish amusement, requiring little skill. 1893Sat. Rev. LXXVI. 561 Like a glass marble in the good old game of Cockamaroo. 1969E. H. Pinto Treen 216/2 In Cockamaroo or Russian bagatelle, the ball is driven through an arrangement of pins, holes, arches and bells. |