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knucklebones::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | jacks, jackstones |
| Type of | child's game |
Examples of knucklebones
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Dumps-hold five knucklebones in the palm, then dump them in a heap on the ground.
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You are able to sweep the knucklebones prior to picking them up.
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When catching the one you threw up the knucklebones must click.
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The trees inside the spiked iron fence were old, their roots poking through the dry grass like knucklebones.
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Girls are depicted in Roman art as playing many of the same games as boys, such as ball, hoop-rolling, and knucklebones.
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Children's games include a form of marbles called buzul-bazi, which is played with the knucklebones of sheep.
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Modern knucklebones consist of six points, or knobs, proceeding from a common base, and are usually made of metal or plastic.
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The origin of knucklebones is closely connected with that of dice, of which it is probably a primitive form, and is doubtless Asiatic.
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Dice are hard to differentiate from knucklebones because ancient writers confused the two, but both were used in prehistoric times.
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- Jacks: a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
- Knucklebones also known as hucklebones, dibs, dibstones, jackstones, chuckstones or five-stones, is a game of very ancient origin, played with five small objects, originally the "knucklebones" (actually the astragalus: a bone in the ankle, or hock) of a sheep, which are thrown up and caught in ...
- Knucklebones was a bi-monthly United States-based magazine, focused on providing news and reviews of board games and card games. (Includes interview with publisher Joe Jones. ...
- Game that girls could beat boys in.
