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bombsies

bombsies noun: in children's games of marbles, the mode of play where one player attempts to drop a marble from above in order to hit a marble on the ground.

Noun

bombsies (uncountable)

  1. (childish) In children's games of marbles, the mode of play where one player attempts to drop a marble from above in order to hit a marble on the ground.

Forms of bombsies

alternative formbombies

Origin of bombsies

From bomb + -sies.

Questions about bombsies

What does bombsies mean?
Bombsies means in children's games of marbles, the mode of play where one player attempts to drop a marble from above in order to hit a marble on the ground.
What part of speech is bombsies?
Bombsies is a noun.

Words near bombsies in the dictionary

  1. bombs away
  2. bombs off
  3. bombs out
  4. bombshell
  5. bombshells
  6. bombsies
  7. bombsight
  8. bombsights
  9. bombsite
  10. bombsites
  11. bombus

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