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spanners, n. pl. Chiefly dial.|ˈspænəz|
[Pl. of spanner, f. span n.1 or v.1 + -er1: cf. spanner3.]
A game of marbles (see quot. 1881). Also ˈspannims.
1847J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. 779/1 Spannims, a game at marbles played in the eastern parts of England. 1881Cassell's Bk. Sports & Pastimes 250 Spanners. This is a good simple game for two players. Player No. 1 shoots off his taw, player No. 2 following suit, it being his object either to hit his opponent's taw with his own, or to place his own within a span of it. 1903J. Strutt's Sports & Pastimes of People of England (new ed.) iv. iv. 304 The following is a list of the present (1902) best known marble games:—Bounce About,..Handers,..Pyramid,..Spanners. 1948J. L. Bailes Vocab. Marbles in Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. VIII. 23 Spannims, sb., E. Ang., the game of hundreds. |