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Today it means: A game in which players attempt to project metal balls into nine holes in a flat wooden board; nineholes. Full definition →

First used 18th c.

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Of unknown origin.

First known use, by meaning

from 18th c. A game in which players attempt to project metal balls into nine holes in a flat wooden board; nineholes.
from 19th c. Any of various childish or informal games.
from 19th c. A simplified form of whist; whist or bridge played unskilfully.
from 19th c. Swingball or tetherball.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.