- 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 marblesto play marbles(misc.) (colloq.) to lose one's marbles ('to lose one's mind')
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
marbles
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