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glarney

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A kind of patterned glass marble in children's games.

UK, dated

Examples

“As the word implies the glarneys were glass marbles, but no ball out of an old mineral-water bottle was ever dignified by receiving the name⟳, though such balls were not despised possessions, and had the rank of twoers.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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