connie agate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps a diminutive of cornelian + agate (“a playing marble carved from agate stone”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): / kɒniː ˈæɡət/
- Rhymes: -æɡət
Noun[edit]
connie agate (plural connie agates)
- (Australia, colloquial) A playing marble made from agate.
- 1976, David Ireland, The Glass Canoe, page 103:
- ‘Mine’s the blood alley.’ ‘No it’s not, yours is the connie agate.’
- 1980, Clive James, chapter II, in Unreliable Memoirs, page 19:
- My collection of marbles consisted mainly of priceless connie agates handed down by Grandpa.
- 1993 September 19, The Canberra Times, page 20:
- I knew the very taw I wanted amongst those cats-eyes and tom bowlers. It was a connie agate, to which I attributed preternatural powers.’
Usage notes[edit]
- Commonly used by schoolchildren.