duckstone

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noun

A stone set up as a target in a children's game, with players attempting to knock it out of position by throwing other stones.

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Meanings

nounduckstone (plural duckstones)

plural duckstones

  1. datedA stone set up as a target in a children's game, with players attempting to knock it out of position by throwing other stones.

    As soon as he put his duckstone on the big stone the game commenced and the others began to fire their own "dubs" at the duckstone.

    1972, Brian Sutton-Smith, The Folkgames of Children, page 167

Origin

duck + stone.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

duckstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duckstone

MLA

“duckstone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duckstone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “duckstone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duckstone.

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