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bunnock

bunnock noun: a throwing game in which two teams of four players use bones (traditionally horse anklebones) to knock down the opposing team's bones.

Noun

bunnock (uncountable)

  1. A throwing game in which two teams of four players use bones (traditionally horse anklebones) to knock down the opposing team's bones.
    • On an unseasonably balmy day in October 2014, Macklin (the current population is approximately 1,400) greeted visitors with a sign promoting farming, drilling for oil, and bunnock, a local sport traditionally played with bovine or equine anklebones (there is also a giant replica of a horse...2015, Nancy Princenthal, Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art, New York, N.Y.; London: Thames & Hudson, →ISBN, page 21
    Synonyms:
    game of bones, bones

Synonyms of bunnock

Questions about bunnock

What does bunnock mean?
Bunnock means a throwing game in which two teams of four players use bones (traditionally horse anklebones) to knock down the opposing team's bones.
What part of speech is bunnock?
Bunnock is a noun.

Words near bunnock in the dictionary

  1. bunnies
  2. bunniest
  3. Bunnik
  4. bunning
  5. bunnings
  6. bunnock
  7. bunns
  8. bunny
  9. bunny boiler
  10. bunny boilers
  11. bunny boot

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