Results for jackstones
Definitions of jackstones:
part of speech: noun plural
A game played by picking up pebbles or metal pieces; the pieces used.
Usage examples for jackstones:
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Now fairly at its dread work of destruction, tearing up the rain dampened dirt and playing with mighty boulders, tossing them here and there, as a giant of olden tales might play with jackstones snapping off sturdy trees and whipping them to splinters even while hurling them as a farmer sows his grain.
"The Lost City", Joseph E. Badger, Jr. -
Rose and Violet were up in the bungalow playing jackstones while Margy and Mun Bun had gone for a walk with their mother.
"Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's", Laura Lee Hope -
A rag baby apiece contented us, and if we had a set of jackstones we were perfectly happy.
"The Promised Land", Mary Antin