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chuck-farthing

chuck-farthing noun: an old English game resembling pitchpenny.

Noun

chuck-farthing (uncountable)

  1. An old English game resembling pitchpenny.
    • They presently fell to pitch and toss, chuck-farthing, odd or even, dog-fighting, and other Protestant recreations.1841, Charles Dickens, chapter XXXVII, in Barnaby Rudge

Questions about chuck-farthing

What does chuck-farthing mean?
Chuck-farthing means an old English game resembling pitchpenny.
What part of speech is chuck-farthing?
Chuck-farthing is a noun.

Words near chuck-farthing in the dictionary

  1. chuck up the sponge
  2. chuck wagon
  3. chuck wagons
  4. chuck you Farley
  5. chuck-a-luck
  6. chuck-farthing
  7. chuck-full
  8. chuck-in
  9. chuck-ins
  10. chuck-luck
  11. chuck-will's-widow

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