conkern.

Brit.

/ˈkɒŋkə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑŋkər/

Forms: Also conquer.

Etymology: < dialect conker snail-shell, probably < conqueror n. 1f.

a. plural. A boys' game, played originally with snail-shells (see quot. 1877) but now with horse chestnuts, in which each boy has a chestnut on a string which he alternately strikes against that of his opponent and holds to be struck until one of the two is broken.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > conkers, etc.

cob-nutc1440

jobnut1659

conquering1821

conkers1877

1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 45/1 In the boy's game of conkers the apexes of two shells are pressed together until one is broken, the owner of the other being the victor.

1921 Spectator 2 July 8/1 There is a season for hoops and another for whip-tops,..to say nothing of the ‘conkers’ fashion.

1928 G. D. H. Cole & M. Cole Man from River xxxiii. 246 ‘What's this?’ ‘A chestnut on a string,’ said Michael, picking it up. ‘Not much good to us, is it? They're hardly likely to have been playing conkers here.’

1929 Morning Post 2 Oct. 10/5 The use of the horse-chestnut in the game of ‘Conquers’.

b. A horse chestnut (formerly a snail-shell) used in the game; hence gen. a snail-shell or horse chestnut. Cf. conqueror n. 1f and conquering n. b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > horse-chestnut tree and allies > [noun] > nut

horse chestnut1611

buckeye1785

chestnut1842

conker1847

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > conkers, etc. > conker

conqueror1821

conker1847

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Conkers, snail-shells. East.

1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 45/1 Conkers,..small snail-shells.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Conquer, a snail-shell. In the children's game of pitting snail-shells one against the other, that which breaks its opponent is called the conquer.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Conkers, horse-chestnuts... From this the name is given..to the tree—conker-tree.

1903 Little Frolic 78 ‘Please may I pick up the conquers?’ ‘What?’ said Bessie. Bessie did not know that the boys called the pretty brown chestnuts ‘conquers’.

1915 Evening News 15 May 1/7 The rich folk hereabouts calls it Motor Sunday, the general public calls it Conker Sunday [= Chestnut Sunday].

1963 Times 18 Jan. 9/4 Few, to be sure, are to be observed engaged in solemn duels with conkers, once a ravishing delight.

1965 East Anglian Mag. May 241/1 The shells of a small variegated snail were conkers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	conker
释义	conkern. Brit. /ˈkɒŋkə/, U.S. /ˈkɑŋkər/ Forms: Also conquer. Etymology: < dialect conker snail-shell, probably < conqueror n. 1f. a. plural. A boys' game, played originally with snail-shells (see quot. 1877) but now with horse chestnuts, in which each boy has a chestnut on a string which he alternately strikes against that of his opponent and holds to be struck until one of the two is broken. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > conkers, etc. cob-nutc1440 jobnut1659 conquering1821 conkers1877 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 45/1 In the boy's game of conkers the apexes of two shells are pressed together until one is broken, the owner of the other being the victor. 1921 Spectator 2 July 8/1 There is a season for hoops and another for whip-tops,..to say nothing of the ‘conkers’ fashion. 1928 G. D. H. Cole & M. Cole Man from River xxxiii. 246 ‘What's this?’ ‘A chestnut on a string,’ said Michael, picking it up. ‘Not much good to us, is it? They're hardly likely to have been playing conkers here.’ 1929 Morning Post 2 Oct. 10/5 The use of the horse-chestnut in the game of ‘Conquers’. b. A horse chestnut (formerly a snail-shell) used in the game; hence gen. a snail-shell or horse chestnut. Cf. conqueror n. 1f and conquering n. b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > horse-chestnut tree and allies > [noun] > nut horse chestnut1611 buckeye1785 chestnut1842 conker1847 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > conkers, etc. > conker conqueror1821 conker1847 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Conkers, snail-shells. East. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 45/1 Conkers,..small snail-shells. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Conquer, a snail-shell. In the children's game of pitting snail-shells one against the other, that which breaks its opponent is called the conquer. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Conkers, horse-chestnuts... From this the name is given..to the tree—conker-tree. 1903 Little Frolic 78 ‘Please may I pick up the conquers?’ ‘What?’ said Bessie. Bessie did not know that the boys called the pretty brown chestnuts ‘conquers’. 1915 Evening News 15 May 1/7 The rich folk hereabouts calls it Motor Sunday, the general public calls it Conker Sunday [= Chestnut Sunday]. 1963 Times 18 Jan. 9/4 Few, to be sure, are to be observed engaged in solemn duels with conkers, once a ravishing delight. 1965 East Anglian Mag. May 241/1 The shells of a small variegated snail were conkers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas ˈconker ˈconker n. [see -er suffix¹] a blow on the nose. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the head > on the nose snitch1676 snitchel1676 conker1821 smeller1824 nozzler1828 noser1829 snorter1829 nose-ender1854 1821 P. Egan Real Life in London I. 616 Randall got a konker which tapped the claret. extracted from conkn.¹ < n.1847 as lemmas
随便看	to draw a person's mouth to draw a sneck to draw a straw or straws to draw a thing out of the hat to draw a veil to draw a veil over to draw a wood blank to draw abroad to draw after to draw against to draw along to draw an indictment to draw and quarter to draw away to draw back to draw bit to draw blank to draw blood to draw breath to draw bridle tissue-bank tissue-building tissue-cell tissue-change tissue-death

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