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nouncockamaroo (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountableA Russian variety of the bagatelle game.
All flirtations, I suppose, are the same; like "cockamaroo," or any other game adapted only for two people, however engrossing they may be to the players, they are somewhat dull to the lookers-on, and will not bear repetition at all.
1851 January 28, “The adventures of an unsuccessful man”, in The Sporting magazine, page 171Synonyms: Russian bagatelle
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nounA Russian variety of the bagatelle game.
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