Meaning of cockal | Babel Free
Definitions
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A game played with sheep bones instead of dice. obsolete, uncountable
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The bone used in playing the game; a huckle bone. countable, obsolete
Examples
“[The altar is] of a little Tranſverce bone; / VVhich boyes and Bruckel'd children call / (Playing for Points and Pins) Cockall.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.