gorodki

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gorodki arranged in the pushka (пу́шка - "cannon") pattern

Etymology[edit]

From Russian городки́ (gorodkí, “small towns; skittles in the game of gorodki”), singular городо́к (gorodók), diminutive of го́род (górod, “town, city”). Doublet of yardie.

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gorodki (uncountable)

  1. An ancient Russian folk sport of trying to knock arrangements of skittles out of a square by throwing a bat at them.

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