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Conker

//ˈkɒŋkə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers. British

    "His bald spot gleams like a burnished conker."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of kankar. alt-of, alternative

    "The roads are not exceeded by any throughout India; hard conker pounded, makes them as level as a table."

  3. 3
    the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut wordnet

Etymology

From 19th-century dialect conker (“snail-shell”); the game of conkers was originally played using snail-shells; from conch + -er or a variant of conquer.

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