conkers

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Meaning

conkers pl (plural only)

(Britain, games) 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 turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed.
Synonym: (dialectal) cobbler

conkers

plural of conker

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Go bonkers for conkers - it's time to get collectingWhether you are attaching them to the end of some string or using them to keep spiders at bay - conker season is here! Source: Internet

George, whose work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London, is displaying still life observations, including a skull, conkers and fish. Source: Internet

The spherical structures, called Conkers, measure almost 13ft (3.9m) in diameter and are made entirely out of materials sourced in Britain. Source: Internet

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