Taw

Definitions

1. The station code of Tai Wai in Hong Kong.
2. Tawed leather.
   obsolete
3. A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
4. The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.
5. A river in Devon, England, which flows into an estuary where it meets the River Torridge.
6. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
7. A dance partner.
8. A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.

Equivalents

Examples

“Near the timberyard a squatted child at marbles, alone, shooting the taw with a cunnythumb.”

“Walk⟳ around your corner; see-saw around your taw.”

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