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conker

[ UK /kˈɒnkɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut

How To Use conker In A Sentence

  • All conkers and strings are supplied by the competition organisers.
  • The poor creatures aren't even allowed to play conkers at school any more.
  • Competition in the ring was ferocious as fearless competitors risked their knuckles and aimed to split the conker at the end of a leather string held by their opponent.
  • More than a thousand conkers had been harvested from the arboretum's 102 horse chestnut trees for use in a variety of games.
  • Strong conkers were gathered in the woods, carefully dried, bored and threaded onto pieces of strong string with a secure double knot under the conker.
  • Next we took the valley bottom road and there met only two walkers and a laden tractor and then, after a conker tree and a lime tree, reached the farmstead of Lower Askew.
  • No danger of falling coconuts there, just the occasional conker.
  • I read that certain games are to be banned in school playgrounds, including conkers and skipping, for fear of accidents.
  • Which means we can lace up our toughest conkers and let battle commence. Times, Sunday Times
  • He holds the world record for conkers by demolishing 306 in an hour, but has not yet won the Irish title.
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