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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: conkers /ˈkɒŋkəz/ n - (functioning as singular) Brit a game in which a player swings a horse chestnut (conker), threaded onto a string, against that of another player to try to break it
Etymology: 19th Century: from dialect conker snail shell, originally used in the game conk•er (kong′kər, kông′-),USA pronunciation n. [Brit. Informal.]- British Termsa horse chestnut.
- British Termsthe hollowed-out shell of a horse chestnut.
- British Terms, Games conkers, a game in which a child swings a horse chestnut on a string in an attempt to break that of another player.
- 1840–50; probably origin, originally conquer; compare conquering a game played with snail shells (the name of the game presumably later transferred to the playing pieces)
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