conker

English

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conker

Etymology 1

From 19th-century dialect conker (“snail-shell”); the game of conkers was originally played using snail-shells; from conch +‎ -er^[1]^[2] or a variant of conquer.^[3]^[4]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋkə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒŋkə(ɹ)
Homophone: conquer

Noun

conker (plural conkers)

(British) A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers.
Synonyms: (all dialectal) cheggie, cobbler, obblyonker
- 2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa:
  His bald spot gleams like a burnished conker.

Derived terms

conker tree

Translations

horse chestnut used in the game of conkers

Welsh: pysen boced (literally “pocket pea”)

References

^ “conker”, in Collins English Dictionary; from Michael Agnes, editor, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th edition, Cleveland, Oh.: Wiley, 2010, →ISBN.
^ “conker”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
^ “conker”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “conkers”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Etymology 2

Noun

conker

Alternative form of kankar
- 1833, Edward C. Archer, Tours in Upper India and in Parts of the Himalaya Mountains, page 89:
  The roads are not exceeded by any throughout India; hard conker pounded, makes them as level as a table.

Anagrams

reckon, rocken

[1] “conker”, in Collins English Dictionary; from Michael Agnes, editor, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th edition, Cleveland, Oh.: Wiley, 2010, →ISBN.

[2] “conker”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

[3] “conker”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

[4] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “conkers”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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