duckstone

noun

duckstone

noun
1

Dated A stone set up as a target in a children's game, with players attempting to knock it out of position by throwing other stones.

  • As soon as he put his duckstone on the big stone the game commenced and the others began to fire their own "dubs" at the duckstone.1972, Brian Sutton-Smith, The Folkgames of Children, page 167:

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