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Word: Conker
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century (a dialect word denoting a snail shell, with which the game, or a form of it, was originally played): perhaps from conch, but associated with (and frequently spelled) conquer in the 19th and early 20th centuries: an alternative name was conquerors
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒŋkə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the hard, shiny dark brown nut of a horse chestnut tree.
Short Definition:hard, shiny dark brown nut of horse chestnut tree
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