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Definition of "conkers" []

  • Plural form of conker. (noun)
  • A game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a "conker") suspended from a length of string and take it in turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed. (noun)

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Use "conkers" in a sentence
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