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horseshoes

[ US /ˈhɔɹsˌʃuz/ ]
[ UK /hˈɔːsʃuːz/ ]
NOUN
  1. a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it

How To Use horseshoes In A Sentence

  • While I'm walking along the beach and eating handfuls of cornflake sand, I encounter a group of envelopes playing horseshoes. Horseshoe Champion
  • They were not very varied in design and the emphasis was on good luck charms such as four-leaf clovers, horseshoes and wishbones, again set with tiny diamonds.
  • The horseshoes are first pulled off, which are worth about 4s., the hoofs fetch 8s., the tail 2s.; the tallow is not worth much, the hide is worth something; the shinbones are sold to be converted into cane-heads, knife-handles, &c. A New York Paper States
  • Other times I sought refuge in the safe haven of grandfather's forge and helped him to make sickles or horseshoes by manning the big bellows.
  • The Three Horseshoes Mall has seen an increase in crime including broken drainpipes, smashed bottles and graffiti daubed on shop windows.
  • The rest of the room was decorated rodeo style with red booths, horseshoes dangling from the walls, and cowboy hats littered on several of the tabletops.
  • Jarred and Shannon were holding two horseshoes each; Jarred's were blue and Shannon's were silver.
  • A guy loses $100 playing horseshoes, so he takes his children out in the woods and leaves them there, driving off with his wife who simply goes along with the idea of leaving their children in the woods.
  • These highlands have a story to tell, one illustrated by railroad ties, horseshoes, and rusty scraps of metal - as well as big-tooth aspen and red spruce saplings poking through the snow.
  • This was why: Before Sabol left, the two played a backyard game called quoit, similar to horseshoes. Freep.com - RSS
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