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cockal

cockal noun: a game played with sheep bones instead of dice.

Noun

cockal (countable and uncountable, plural cockals)

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) A game played with sheep bones instead of dice.
  2. (countable, obsolete) The bone used in playing the game; a huckle bone.
    • [The altar is] of a little Tranſverce bone; / VVhich boyes and Bruckel'd children call / (Playing for Points and Pins) Cockall.1648, Robert Herrick, “The Fairie Temple: Or, Oberons Chappell. Dedicated to Mr. John Merrifield, Counsellor at Law.”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John...

Forms of cockal

pluralcockals

Origin of cockal

Uncertain.

Questions about cockal

What does cockal mean?
Cockal means a game played with sheep bones instead of dice.
What part of speech is cockal?
Cockal is a noun.
What is the plural of cockal?
The plural of cockal is cockals.

Words near cockal in the dictionary

  1. cockadoodling
  2. cockaholic
  3. cockaholics
  4. cockahoop
  5. Cockaigne
  6. cockal
  7. cockalane
  8. cockalanes
  9. cockale
  10. cockaleekie
  11. cockales

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