cockamaroo

English

Noun

cockamaroo (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A Russian variety of the bagatelle game.

   Synonym: Russian bagatelle

   • 1851 January, “The adventures of an unsuccessful man”, in The Sporting magazine, page 171:

     All flirtations, I suppose, are the same; like "cockamaroo," or any other game adapted only for two people, however engrossing they may be to the players, they are somewhat dull to the lookers-on, and will not bear repetition at all.