pencil cricket

noun

A game played with hexagonal pencils marked by hand on each side so they can be tossed like dice — or sometimes with conventional dice — in which players generate scores and attribute them to imaginary cricket players and teams by compiling a scorecard.

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Meanings

nounpencil cricket (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA game played with hexagonal pencils marked by hand on each side so they can be tossed like dice — or sometimes with conventional dice — in which players generate scores and attribute them to imaginary cricket players and teams by compiling a scorecard.
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APA

pencil cricket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencil%20cricket

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Chicago

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