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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a "conker") suspended from a length of string, and take turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed. British, plural, plural-only
2. 2
   plural of conker form-of, plural

Synonyms

All synonyms

cobbler

Example

More examples

"I like it when you twist my conkers."

Etymology

From conker + -s.

Related phrases

horse chestnut

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