potsie
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]potsie (plural potsies)
- Any of the marbles located within a shallow hole (or "pot") used in certain variants of the game.
- 1982, Great Plains Journal, volumes 21-22, page 9:
- Also, it encouraged long hours of practice to develop skill. Otherwise you would lose even your potsies to a better player.
- 2020, Kaye Bennett Dotson, The Value of Games: Putting Play Back into Practice for Children, page 103:
- The first player shoots from behind the shooting line toward the pot in an attempt to knock a potsie from the pot. If he fails to accomplish this, the second player then shoots, and so forth until all players have shot.