Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A children's game played with marbles{3}, little balls made of a hard substance (as glass).
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- noun Plural form of
marble . - noun Any of several children's
games played with smallglass balls . - noun
Sanity . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
marble .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
- noun a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
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Examples
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Losing your mind or losing your faculties or losing your marbles is about age – none of which was said.
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Next in marbles were the sold colors, opaque or with a swirl through them.
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A person, once normal, who loses his/her marbles, is properly called demented.
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What about 'losing your marbles', is that better?? uhm??? senator, hum????????? it has nothing to do with age, but reasoning.
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Another reason for making the marbles is for smarter consumption of sweet.
Archive 2007-12-01 Anjali 2007
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Another reason for making the marbles is for smarter consumption of sweet.
Nut marbles Anjali 2007
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The finale was destined to be a Drew/Stacy stunner for all the marbles from the get-go, but there’s a certain order the rest of the field needed to be eliminated in to maintain some level of credibility.
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Your two assumptions not overly burdensome and you have your marbles are the heart of the dilemma.
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There was cold night air in the chapel and the marbles were the colour the sea was at night.
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With the marbles was a note scrawled in a boy's hand --
The Children's Six Minutes Bruce S. Wright
oroboros commented on the word marbles
Sanity, as in not having lost one's.
May 10, 2008
whichbe commented on the word marbles
How Marbles Are Made
January 3, 2009
dontcry commented on the word marbles
which - Wow! That was cool! I played with marbles as a kid. I was mesmerized by them. I wish I still had my old collection... My son will enjoy watching that video as he has inherited my fascination with marbles. Thanks!
January 3, 2009