spannersn.
/ˈspanəz/ Chiefly dialect.
A game of marbles (see quot. 1881).
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1881 Cassell's Bk. Sports & Pastimes 250 Spanners. This is a good simple game for two players. Player No. 1 shoots off his taw, player No. 2 following suit, it being his object either to hit his opponent's taw with his own, or to place his own within a span of it.
1903 J. Strutt's Sports & Pastimes of People of England (new ed.) iv. iv. 304 The following is a list of the present (1902) best known marble games:—Bounce About,..Handers,..Pyramid,..Spanners.
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ˈspannims n.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > marbles > [noun] > type of game
taw1709
chock1819
ring taw1828
knucks1840
spannims1847
three-holes1853
knuckle-down1859
bonce1862
spanners1881
stonk1896
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Spannims, a game at marbles played in the eastern parts of England.
1948 J. L. Bailes Vocab. Marbles in Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. 8 23 Spannims, sb., E. Ang., the game of hundreds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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