immyn.

/ˈɪmi/

Forms: Also imma, immie.

Etymology: perhaps < imitation n.

(a) (See quot. 1928.) (b) A type of marble used by children.

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1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. Immy, a choice marble made in imitation, as of a cornelian or an agate.

1936 Fortune June 36/2 Like glass for stained-glass windows and water tumblers, marble glass has a soft lime base, which makes an immie so resilient.

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 37 Imma, a type of marble.

1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden xxxvi. 365 Cal was able to develop his marble game and set about gathering in all the chalkies and immies, glassies and agates.

1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 29 Jan. 8 Shooting marbles was played by four or five boys kneeling around a circle... In the center there were a lot of marbles—‘immies’, as they were known.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	immy
释义	immyn. /ˈɪmi/ Forms: Also imma, immie. Etymology: perhaps < imitation n. (a) (See quot. 1928.) (b) A type of marble used by children. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > marbles > [noun] > marble > types of nicker1675 alley1720 blood alley1821 commoney1837 Rouge Royal1837 peewee1848 stoney1856 knicker1860 bonce1862 plunker1863 dobber1875 agate1886 mig1886 glassy1887 miggle1890 shooter1892 aggie1896 knuckler1896 milkie1908 ghoen1913 miggie1916 immy1928 glarney1953 1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. Immy, a choice marble made in imitation, as of a cornelian or an agate. 1936 Fortune June 36/2 Like glass for stained-glass windows and water tumblers, marble glass has a soft lime base, which makes an immie so resilient. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 37 Imma, a type of marble. 1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden xxxvi. 365 Cal was able to develop his marble game and set about gathering in all the chalkies and immies, glassies and agates. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 29 Jan. 8 Shooting marbles was played by four or five boys kneeling around a circle... In the center there were a lot of marbles—‘immies’, as they were known. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1928
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