What does toodlum buck mean?

toodlum buck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tood-lum buck
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noun

The game of crown and anchor.

Canadian usage; New Zealand usage; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A betting game involving a spinner marked with horses’ names.

Australian usage; Archaic; Uncountable

noun

The piece of wood (cat) that is struck in tipcat.

Australian usage; Uncountable

noun

A carnival game in which marbles were thrown at holes or at buttons on the ends of sticks.

New Zealand usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"toodle-em-buck, the game of crown and anchor"
"TOODLUM BUCKS: A Crown and Anchor game, 10/6 for 7/6."
"I regard these games as more or less of the same class as the Toodlum-buck I played when a youngster."
"But children of the early 1900's had a gambling custom—extinct now, as far as I could learn—claiming the picturesque name of “Toodlembuck” and employing a unique handmade gambling wheel and “cherry bobs” (cherry stones cherries are in season at Melbourne Cup time) for money."

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doodlem-buck (alternative) doodle-em-buck (alternative) toodlembuc (alternative) toodlembuck (alternative) toodlumbuck (alternative) toodle-em-buck (alternative)

toodlum buck

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