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单词 conker
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conker

[ kong-ker, kawng- ]
/ ˈkɒŋ kər, ˈkɔŋ- /

noun British Informal.

a horse chestnut.
the hollowed-out shell of a horse chestnut.
conkers, a game in which a child swings a horse chestnut on a string in an attempt to break that of another player.

Origin of conker

1840–50; probably originally conquer; compare conquering a game played with snail shells (the name of the game presumably later transferred to the playing pieces)

Words nearby conker

conjurer, conjure up, conjuring, conjuror, conk, conker, conkers, Conkling, conk out, conlang, conlanger
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Example sentences from the Web for conker

  • Me, with my commishun pinned onto a banner, and under it written, “In this Sign we Conker.”

    Swingin Round the Cirkle.|Petroleum V. Nasby
  • Perseveranse will conker enny thing but muskeeters; the only way tew conker them iz tew bak out.

    The Complete Works of Josh Billings|Henry W. Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for conker

conker
/ (ˈkɒŋkə) /

noun

an informal name for horse chestnut (def. 2)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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