Meanings
- uncountableA throwing game in which two teams of four players use bones (traditionally horse anklebones) to knock down the opposing team's bones.
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On an unseasonably balmy day in October 2014, Macklin (the current population is approximately 1,400) greeted visitors with a sign promoting farming, drilling for oil, and bunnock, a local sport traditionally played with bovine or equine anklebones (there is also a giant replica of a horse anklebone).
2015, Nancy Princenthal, Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art, New York, N.Y.; London: Thames & Hudson, →ISBN, page 21Synonyms: game of bones, bones
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA throwing game in which two teams of four players use bones (traditionally horse anklebones) to knock down the opposing team's bones.
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bunnock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunnock
“bunnock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunnock. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bunnock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunnock.
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