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marbles::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | wits |
| Type of | intelligence |
he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind.
marbles::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | child's game |
Examples of marbles
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On a street in Islamabad, I came upon some boys playing marbles on the sidewalk.
From the kentucky.com
Outcrops of granite are randomly scattered across the ground like giant marbles.
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It is opulently decorated with porphyry, the rarest marbles and precious stones.
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Give kids a bag of marbles and they'll figure out how they work within seconds.
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You go for all the marbles with Cincinnati against Oklahoma, and you're daring.
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As a result, tonight's regular season-ending matchup will be for all the marbles.
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These potatoes, all the size of large marbles, had been roasted and served plain.
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At some point the vital straw is removed and all the marbles start crashing down.
From the guardian.co.uk
I'm going to take my marbles, go home and run against the Republican candidate?
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- Paint or stain like marble; "marble paper"
- A hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
- A small ball of glass that is used in various games
- A sculpture carved from marble
- (marbles) a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
- (marbles) wits: the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception; "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my wits"; "he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind"
- Marble is a Japanese musical duo, originally named The Student's and formed in 1999. The members, Micco and Tatsuya Kikuchi, met and became friends while they were both enrolled in music school. Kikuchi was the main musical support for Micco at that time, who was acting as a solo artist. ...
- MARBLE is the 36th studio album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 2004.
- Marble cheese is a combination of orange and white cheese curd. A common incorrect assumption is that it is a combination of cheddar cheese and mozzarella cheese, when in fact it is entirely cheddar cheese.
