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potsie

potsie noun: any of the marbles located within a shallow hole (or "pot") used in certain variants of the game.

Noun

potsie (plural potsies)

  1. Any of the marbles located within a shallow hole (or "pot") used in certain variants of the game.
    • Also, it encouraged long hours of practice to develop skill. Otherwise you would lose even your potsies to a better player.1982, Great Plains Journal, volumes 21-22, page 9
    • The first player shoots from behind the shooting line toward the pot in an attempt to knock a potsie from the pot. If he fails to accomplish this, the second player then shoots, and so forth until all players have shot.2020, Kaye Bennett Dotson, The Value of Games: Putting Play Back into Practice for Children, page 103

Forms of potsie

pluralpotsies

Origin of potsie

From pot + -sie.

Questions about potsie

What does potsie mean?
Potsie means any of the marbles located within a shallow hole (or "pot") used in certain variants of the game.
What part of speech is potsie?
Potsie is a noun.
What is the plural of potsie?
The plural of potsie is potsies.

Words near potsie in the dictionary

  1. potshops
  2. potshot
  3. potshots
  4. potshotted
  5. potshotting
  6. potsie
  7. potsies
  8. potstick
  9. potsticker
  10. potstickers
  11. potsticks

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