potsie

English

Etymology

pot +‎ -sie

Noun

potsie (plural potsies)

  1. Any of the marbles located within a shallow hole (or "pot") used in certain variants of the game.
    • 1982, Great Plains Journal, volumes 21-22, page 9:
      Also, it encouraged long hours of practice to develop skill. Otherwise you would lose even your potsies to a better player.
    • 2020, Kaye Bennett Dotson, The Value of Games: Putting Play Back into Practice for Children, page 103:
      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.
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