Meanings
- dateduncountableA game played on ice in which sticks are thrown at pins to knock them over.
Probably you'd prefer playing Skiddles in such a way that there is a possibility of winning the game, or at least ending it! If that is so you'll have to change the real rules a little.
1934, Arthur H. Lawson, Homemade Games: How to Make and Play Indoor and Outdoor Games, page 83 - alternativeuncountableAlternative form of skittles.
Several antique games, such as a skiddles table, occupy an upstairs anteroom.
1997, Michael McKenzie, Arrowhead Home of the Chiefs1 more example
If there is a need or desire for more games or play equipment in the camp, here is the book that tells how the campers can make them — table tennis, shuffleboard, paddle tennis, box hockey, skiddles, dart baseball, exo, and scores of others
1935, The Camping Magazine, volumes 7-8, page 24
Origin
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