单词 | dibstones |
释义 | dibstonesn. The name of a children's game: the same as dibs or dabstones. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > five-stones or knuckle-bones morteaulxa1475 martel1481 cockal1586 check-stone1587 guile-bones1606 dab-stone1652 dibstones1692 dibs1736 jackstones1783 Jack1863 knuckle-bone1884 five stones1900 1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §152 I have seen little Girls exercise whole Hours together and take abundance of Pains to be expert at Dibstones as they call it. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Dibstone, a play among children, a little stone to be thrown at another stone. Addison. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1692 |
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