knickern.
/ˈnɪkə/, U.S. /ˈnɪkər/ 1. A boys' ‘marble’ of baked clay; esp. one placed between the forefinger and thumb, and propelled by a jerk of the latter, so as to strike at another marble.
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1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Knicker or Nicker, a boy's clay marble; a common term in New York.
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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1899 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 3 185/2 The buttons of the coach~man type, with the shank battered down, made a good ‘nicker’, or ‘knicker’.
3. A game played in Suffolk with stones (of the same nature as duck or duck-stone). Also the stone thrown by each player.
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1900 F. Hall in Eng. Dial. Dict.
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