"pencil cricket" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pencil cricket (uncountable)
  1. A game played with hexagonal pencils marked by hand on each side so they can be tossed like dice — or sometimes with conventional dice — in which players generate scores and attribute them to imaginary cricket players and teams by compiling a scorecard. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Cricket

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