A term familiarly applied to various objects of ‘dumpy’ shape. A roughly-cast leaden counter, used by boys in some games. (In quot. 1859 applied to…
= knicker, n. 2.
A large flat button or disk of metal, used as a pitcher, in the boys' game ‘on the line’, played with buttons.
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