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big ring

big ring noun: a type of marbles-game.

Noun

big ring (uncountable)

  1. A type of marbles-game.
    • Boys [in the Orange Free State] played 'big ring', which may have come from the Cape Malays. A ring was drawn by scratching with a stick in the dusty surface of the school playground, or market square, about ten or 15 feet across, and the surface trodden bare and flat in the hot African sunlight.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 29

Questions about big ring

What does big ring mean?
Big ring means a type of marbles-game.
What part of speech is big ring?
Big ring is a noun.

Words near big ring in the dictionary

  1. big rhododendron
  2. big rhododendrons
  3. Big Ridge
  4. big rig
  5. big rigs
  6. big ring
  7. Big Rip
  8. Big River
  9. Big Rock
  10. big room
  11. big room house

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