conker
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English
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Etymology 1
[edit]From 19th-century dialect conker (“snail-shell”); the game of conkers was originally played using snail-shells; from conch + -er[1][2] or a variant of conquer.[3][4]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]conker (plural conkers)
- (British) A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers.
- Synonyms: (all dialectal) cheggie, cobbler, obblyonker
- 2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa:
- His bald spot gleams like a burnished conker.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]horse chestnut used in the game of conkers
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References
[edit]- ^ “conker”, in Collins English Dictionary; from Michael Agnes, editor, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th edition, Cleveland, Oh.: Wiley, 2010, →ISBN.
- ^ “conker”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “conker”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “conkers”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]conker
- Alternative form of kankar
- 1833, Edward C. Archer, Tours in Upper India and in Parts of the Himalaya Mountains, page 89:
- The roads are not exceeded by any throughout India; hard conker pounded, makes them as level as a table.
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