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duckstone

duckstone noun: a stone set up as a target in a children's game, with players attempting to knock it out of position by throwing other stones.

Noun

duckstone (plural duckstones)

  1. (dated) A stone set up as a target in a children's game, with players attempting to knock it out of position by throwing other stones.
    • As soon as he put his duckstone on the big stone the game commenced and the others began to fire their own "dubs" at the duckstone.1972, Brian Sutton-Smith, The Folkgames of Children, page 167

Forms of duckstone

pluralduckstones

Origin of duckstone

duck + stone.

Questions about duckstone

What does duckstone mean?
Duckstone means a stone set up as a target in a children's game, with players attempting to knock it out of position by throwing other stones.
What part of speech is duckstone?
Duckstone is a noun.
What is the plural of duckstone?
The plural of duckstone is duckstones.

Words near duckstone in the dictionary

  1. ducksmeat
  2. ducksona
  3. ducksonas
  4. duckspeak
  5. Duckstein
  6. duckstone
  7. duckstones
  8. Ducksworth
  9. Ducksworths
  10. ducktail
  11. ducktails

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