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单词 jukskei
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jukskein.

Brit. /ˈjʊkskeɪ/, /ˈjuːkskeɪ/, U.S. /ˈjʊkˌskeɪ/, /ˈjukˌskeɪ/, South African English /ˈjɪkskeɪ/, /ˈjʊkskeɪ/
Forms: Also jeuk skei, jukschei. Plural jukskeie, jukskeis.
Etymology: Afrikaans, < juk yoke + skei pin, skey n.2; compare yoke-skey.
South African.
1. A yoke-skey.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > yoke > part of
yoke boweOE
oxbowa1325
yoke-band1585
yoke thong1585
beele1616
headpiece1763
yoke-skey1817
jukskei1822
yoke strap1833
yoke tree1844
skey1850
bow-pin1856
bow-key1859
1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. viii. 151 The yokes are straight, and pierced with two pair of mortices to receive the jukschei which fits in loosely, and answer to what in English husbandry are called the bows.
1871 W. B. Lord & T. Baines Shifts Camp Life ix. 452 Near each end are two mortices..through which to pass the ‘jeuk skeis’, or yoke keys, which keep it in place on the neck of the ox.
1971 Evening Post (Port Elizabeth) 27 Feb. (Mag. section) 2 A stinkwood yoke, with ‘jukskeis’, serves as a hatstand.
2. A quoits-like game; the bottle-shaped ‘quoit’ used in this game.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > [noun]
penny-prick1421
penny-stone?c1475
loggat1541
ringing the bull1815
bull1863
ring toss1870
ringoal1887
rings1906
jukskei1942
cornhole game2002
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > [noun] > object thrown
penny-stone?c1475
loggat1773
loggerhead1871
rope quoit1876
jukskei1942
1934 C. P. Swart Africanderisms (M.A. thesis, Univ. of S. Afr.) Jukskeigooi, a game, very similar to quoits, played by the Boers, a skey being used instead of the customary circular ring.]
1942 Cape Times 10 Nov. 4/2 Saturday's Jukskei results were as expected.
1947 Cape Times 21 Apr. 7 The jukskeis were brought..by Mr. Tom Naude.
1950 S. de Wet Hour of Breath ix. 69 In the late afternoon we used to play Jukskei on the river bank below our houses.
1956 Cape Times 26 Jan. 1/1 A few minutes after throwing about six practice jukskeie at the Newlands circus grounds..Mr. P. A. Meiring..dropped dead.
1971 Progress (Cape Town) May 2/4 No one has challenged us at jukskei.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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