Meaning of bonce about | Babel Free

Definitions

A boys' game played with large marbles called bonces.

dated, uncountable

Examples

“[…] the clay marbles, which the schoolboy capitalist will not greatly value, for they are seldom perfectly round, are easily chipped, and, in fact, are only fit for playing “egg in the bush," or “odd and even," or to pay fines with, in playing bonce about.”

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