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skiddles

skiddles noun: a game played on ice in which sticks are thrown at pins to knock them over. Also the alternative form of skittles.

Noun

skiddles (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A game played on ice in which sticks are thrown at pins to knock them over.
    • Probably you'd prefer playing Skiddles in such a way that there is a possibility of winning the game, or at least ending it! If that is so you'll have to change the real rules a little.1934, Arthur H. Lawson, Homemade Games: How to Make and Play Indoor and Outdoor Games, page 83

Also used as

skiddles is also the alternative form of skittles.

Origin of skiddles

Blend of skid + skittles?

Questions about skiddles

What does skiddles mean?
Skiddles means a game played on ice in which sticks are thrown at pins to knock them over.
What part of speech is skiddles?
Skiddles is a noun.

Words near skiddles in the dictionary

  1. skiddiness
  2. skidding
  3. skiddingly
  4. skiddings
  5. skiddish
  6. skiddles
  7. skiddly
  8. skiddoo
  9. skiddooed
  10. skiddooing
  11. skiddoos

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