Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A snail-shell.
  • noun A snail-shell or a horse-chestnut used in a boys' game, in which the object is to break the snail-shell or horse-chestnut by striking it, with another.
  • noun plural The game itself.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun the inedible nutlike seed of the horsechestnut.

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  • noun UK A horse-chestnut used in the game of conkers.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut

Etymologies

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From nineteenth-century dialect conker, snail-shell; the game of conkers was originally played using snail-shells.

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  • n. A snail-shell or a horse-chestnut used in a boys' game, in which the object is to break the snail-shell or horse-chestnut by striking it, with another.

    Wow. So easy even boys are able to grasp the rules. Must be an easy game.

    May 22, 2017

  • I remember many happy childhood hours spent in my small town playing games such as "How Far Does This Crack In The Dirt Go?" or "Can We Knock Down That Icicle With A Snowball?"

    Kids these days don't know what they're missing.

    May 22, 2017

  • Breaking snail shells? (shudder)

    May 23, 2017

  • See conkers.

    May 24, 2017

  • Thanks, hh!

    May 24, 2017