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pitch-pot

pitch-pot noun: a traditional East Asian game that requires players to throw sticks from a set distance into a large, sometimes ornate, canister.

Noun

pitch-pot (uncountable)

  1. A traditional East Asian game that requires players to throw sticks from a set distance into a large, sometimes ornate, canister.

Origin of pitch-pot

Calque from Chinese 投壺／投壶 (tóuhú)

Questions about pitch-pot

What does pitch-pot mean?
Pitch-pot means a traditional East Asian game that requires players to throw sticks from a set distance into a large, sometimes ornate, canister.
What part of speech is pitch-pot?
Pitch-pot is a noun.

Words near pitch-pot in the dictionary

  1. pitch-farthing
  2. pitch-penny
  3. pitch-perfect
  4. pitch-perfection
  5. pitch-perfectly
  6. pitch-pot
  7. pitch-tar
  8. pitcha
  9. pitchable
  10. pitchah
  11. pitchback

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