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What (who) is conkers - definition
CHILDREN'S GAME
![A selection of fresh conkers from a [[horse chestnut]] tree](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aesculus hippocastanum fruit.jpg?width=200 "A selection of fresh conkers from a [[horse chestnut]] tree")
conkers
[treated as sing.] a children's game in which each has a conker on a string and tries to break another's with it.
Conkers
Conkers is a traditional children's game in Great Britain and Ireland played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees—the name 'conker' is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself. The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded onto a piece of string: they take turns striking each other's conker until one breaks.
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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Conker (disambiguation)
(conkers)
1.
Conkers are round brown nuts which come from horse chestnut trees. (BRIT)
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2.
Conkers is a children's game in which you tie a conker to a piece of string and try to break your opponent's conker by hitting it as hard as you can with your own. (BRIT)
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Wikipedia
Conkers
Conkers is a traditional children's game in Great Britain and Ireland played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees—the name 'conker' is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself. The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded onto a piece of string: they take turns striking each other's conker until one breaks.
Examples of use of conkers
1. Some headteachers have banned conkers on health and safety grounds.
2. Happily for schoolchildren, the moth does not affect conkers.
3. Playing conkers is banned in Carlisle unless you wear goggles.
4. The compensation culture has driven schools to ban games of tag, football, conkers and British bulldog.
5. The conkers are ripening nicely on the stately horse chestnut trees.