croquet

[ kroh-key; British kroh-key, -kee ]

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noun

a game played by knocking wooden balls through metal wickets with mallets.
(in croquet) the act of driving away an opponent's ball by striking one's own when the two are in contact.

, cro·queted [kroh-, keyd, kroh, -keyd, -keed], cro·quet·ing [kroh-, key, -ing, kroh, -key-ing, -kee-ing].

croquet

/ -kɪ; ˈkrəʊkeɪ /

a game for two to four players who hit a wooden ball through iron hoops with mallets in order to hit a peg
the act of croqueting

to drive away (another player's ball) by hitting one's own ball when the two are in contact

Origin of croquet¹

1855–60; < French (dial.): hockey stick, literally, little hook; crocket

Origin of croquet¹

C19: perhaps from French dialect, variant of crochet (little hook)

Croquet isn’t the only 19th-century pursuit thriving on Mount Desert Island.

Put another way, for every four gallons used for cooking, washing, and bathing, another six go for preparing the croquet course.

Motor boating, pigeon shooting, pistol dueling, and croquet were all featured in the 1900 games, to name just a few of the wildest examples.

The Cockalorum pondered over this for a moment, and then murmuring, "I prefer croquet," floundered away through the waving grass.

After breakfast we had a merry time at croquet, and then a still merrier time at foot-ball.

To half a tennis-lawn add two ounces of croquet-mallet and three arches of pergola, and reduce the whole to a fine powder.

Croquet playing became so interesting to us that we could not find time to do all our playing during the day.

Then followed days of tennis and croquet, of picnics and teas with the Vicar's pretty daughters and the Squire's awkward sons.

April 21, 2024absquatulate

[ab-skwoch-uh-leyt ]

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