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Meaning of Poohsticks | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈpuːstɪks/

Definitions

A game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge crossing it, the winner being the player whose stick emerges first on the other side.

Equivalents

Polski misie-patysie
Русский пустяки

Examples

“And that was the beginning of the game called Poohsticks, which Pooh invented, and which he and his friends used to play on the edge of the Forest. […] Now one day Pooh and Piglet and Rabbit and Roo were all playing Poohsticks together.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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