单词 | jackstone |
释义 | ˈjack-stone, ˈjackstone [A variant of checkstone; perh. associated with jack v.1] A small round pebble or stone; esp., in pl., a set of pebbles tossed up and caught in the game of dibs.
1814Brackenridge Jrnl. Voy. Missouri in Views Louisiana 251 The women..amuse themselves with a game something like jack-stones: five pebbles are tossed up in a small basket, with which they endeavor to catch them again as they fall. 1885Truth 28 May 853/1 She had a passion for gathering jack-stones and forming mosaics with them in the garden. |

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