Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - conker
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(conkers) 1. Conkers are round brown nuts which come from horse chestnut trees. (BRIT) N-COUNT 2. Conkers is a children’s game in which you tie a conker to a piece of string and try to break your opponent’s conker by hitting it as hard as you can with your own. (BRIT) N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: conch + 2-er, from the original use of a snail shell on a string in the game Date: circa 1886 1. a horse chestnut especially when used in ~s 2. plural a game in which each player swings a horse chestnut on a string to try to break one held by the opponent ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 the hard fruit of a horse chestnut. 2 (in pl.) Brit. a children's game played with conkers on strings, one hit against another to try to break it. Etymology: dial. conker snail-shell (orig. used in the game), assoc. with conquer ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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