"knucklebones" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} knucklebones
  1. plural of knucklebone Tags: form-of, plural Form of: knucklebone
    Sense id: en-knucklebones-en-noun-wOt~-cPU

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} knucklebones (uncountable)
  1. A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Games Synonyms: dibs, jacks Translations (game): ossets [masculine, plural] (Catalan), joc del botxí [masculine] (Catalan), taba [feminine] (Catalan), bekel (Indonesian), gioco degli astragali (Italian), kaimakamaka (Maori)
    Sense id: en-knucklebones-en-noun-KPmugW~z Disambiguation of Games: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 93

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