commoney

commoney

(ˈkɒmənɪ)
n
(Games, other than specified) (in the game of marbles) a standard marble
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All is gloom and silence in the house; even the voice of the child is hushed; his infant sports are disregarded when his mother weeps; his "alley tors" and his "commoneys" are alike neglected; he forgets the long familiar cry of "knuckle down," and at tip-cheese, or odd and even, his hand is out.
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