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'''Marbles''' are small, usually highly-decorative, smooth balls of glass. They are both [[toy]]s and [[collectable]]s. | '''Marbles''' are small, usually highly-decorative, smooth balls of glass. They are both [[toy]]s and [[collectable]]s. | ||
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There are various games and varieties of games played using marbles (To play marbles; to shoot marbles). | There are various games and varieties of games played using marbles (To play marbles; to shoot marbles). | ||
A typical game of marbles involves casting marbles into or out of a circles, shooting | A typical game of marbles involves casting marbles into or out of a circles, shooting them at a fixed point, and/or using one’s own marbles to knock those of an opponent out of position. | ||
==Collectable marbles== | ==Collectable marbles== | ||
Revision as of 17:56, 6 November 2007
Marbles are small, usually highly-decorative, smooth balls of glass. They are both toys and collectables.
Games of marbles
There are various games and varieties of games played using marbles (To play marbles; to shoot marbles).
A typical game of marbles involves casting marbles into or out of a circles, shooting them at a fixed point, and/or using one’s own marbles to knock those of an opponent out of position.
Collectable marbles
Marbles in everyday speech
- To lose one’s marbles—to have lost one’s mind, gone potty.
- To pick up/take one’s marbles and go home—to leave abruptly; as in disgust or in a fit of pique.