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- marbles marbles n. A children's game played with marbles[3], little balls made of a hard substance (as glass). [WordNet 1.5]
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Marbles — Album par Marillion Sortie 2004 Enregistrement à Londres, aux studios Intact Recordings Durée 66 min pour la version originale, Genre Rock néo progressif … Wikipédia en Français
Marbles — (märbls), engl. Kunstwerke aus Marmor. z.B. die Elgin Marbles … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
marbles — children s game, from plural of MARBLE (Cf. marble); first recorded by that name in 1709 but probably older (it was known in 13c. German as tribekugeln) and originally played with small balls of polished marble or alabaster, later clay; the… … Etymology dictionary
Marbles — (engl., spr. Märbis), Kunstwerke aus Marmor … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Marbles — (engl., spr. marbls), Bildwerke aus Marmor … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
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marbles — The early history of marbles is still obscure. Certainly, in the ancient world children played games rolling nuts, and coloured clay balls have been found in Egyptian tombs, but it is not known for sure what they were used for. It seems… … A Dictionary of English folklore
marbles — n. 1) to play marbles 2) a game of marbles 3) (misc.) (colloq.) to lose one s marbles ( to lose one s mind ) * * * a game of marbles to play marbles (misc.) (colloq.) to lose one s marbles ( to lose one s mind ) … Combinatory dictionary
Marbles — Die Marbles waren ein britisches Rockduo, das nur von 1968 bis 1969 Bestand hatte. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte 2 Erwähnenswertes 3 Diskografie 3.1 Singles … Deutsch Wikipedia
marbles — noun a) Any of several childrens games played with small glass balls. Egyptian boys played marbles<!no bold:the game before the days of Moses, and marbles are among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.<!from Google Books b)… … Wiktionary
