potsieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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potsie (複数形 potsies)

1. Any of the marbles located within a shallow hole (または "pot") used in certain variants of the game.
   • 1982, Great Plains Journal (volumes 21-22, page 9)

     Also, it encouraged long hours of practice to develop skill. Otherwise you would lose even your potsies to a better player.

   • 2020, Kaye Bennett Dotson, The Value of Games: Putting Play Back into Practice for Children (page 103)

     The first player shoots from behind the shooting line toward the pot in an attempt to knock a potsie from the pot. If he fails to accomplish this, the second player then shoots, and so forth until all players have shot.