potsie

plural potsies

1. Any of the marbles located within a shallow hole (or "pot") used in certain variants of the game.

   Also, it encouraged long hours of practice to develop skill. Otherwise you would lose even your potsies to a better player.

   1982, Great Plains Journal, volumes 21-22, page 9

   1 more example

   The first player shoots from behind the shooting line toward the pot in an attempt to knock a potsie from the pot. If he fails to accomplish this, the second player then shoots, and so forth until all players have shot.

   2020, Kaye Bennett Dotson, The Value of Games: Putting Play Back into Practice for Children, page 103