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Meanings of quoits in inglés

catalán
joc de la tella
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quoits

A game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it.

quoits
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Examples for "horseshoes"
Examples for "horseshoes"
1
Almost got Teddy, but as you know, almost only counts in horseshoes.
Blockade billy
2
I can hear the click of horseshoes on the stones, declared Larry.
Comrades of the Saddle; Or, The Young Rough Riders of the Plains
3
But close only mattered, as the saying went, with grenades and horseshoes.
Shades of gray
4
The Red Dead fan could potter off for a game of horseshoes.
The Irish Times
5
Iron objects, including railroad spikes, horseshoes, and the head of a hoe.
Devil Bones
Usage of quoits in inglés
1
Some children dressed in tattered brocades played at quoits on the outskirts.
Candide
2
Two old men were casting quoits; a noisy quartette was playing shuffle-board.
The Ne'er-Do-Well
3
The relaxations of the humbler class, are fives, quoits, skittles, and ale.
An History of Birmingham (1783)
4
I like quoits myself and I should be sorry to interrupt you.
The Book of the Bush / Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the ...
5
Broil it carefully and rare, then go and toss quoits with Hercules.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 / A Maga...
6
Morton and Browne hunted up four flat stones, and commenced pitching quoits.
The Island Home
7
But neither quoits nor Jenny Bierce sufficed at all times for forgetfulness.
A Man and a Woman
8
I get up, breakfast, read, play at quoits, and go to bed.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1
9
Would any of the bigger boys like to play quoits better than cricket?
Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots
10
In the middle of the stone-flagged yard two little boys were playing at quoits.
Orpheus in Mayfair, and Other Stories and Sketches
11
T. J. is a carpenter, six foot four in height, and plays quoits well.
Reprinted Pieces
12
Jem and Jerry were playing quoits with old horseshoes borrowed from the Glen blacksmith.
Rainbow Valley
13
Rubber quoits may be used instead of disks, if available.
School, Church, and Home Games
14
He threw quoits on a table, and won for her two large, pale-blue hat-pins.
England, My England
15
Elfgiva dropped the gilded quoits to wring her hands.
The Ward of King Canute: A Romance of the Danish Conquest
16
Rose appeared, pink from a game of deck quoits.
East of the sun
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