Poohsticks en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpustɪks/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
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- /ˈpuːstɪks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Pooh + sticks, coined by the English author Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) in his book The House at Pooh Corner (1928): see the quotation.
Meanings
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A game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge crossing it, the winner being the player whose stick emerges first on the other side.
And that was the beginning of the game called Poohsticks, which Pooh invented, and which he and his friends used to play on the edge of the Forest. […] Now one day Pooh and Piglet and Rabbit and Roo were all playing Poohsticks together.
1928 October 11, A[lan] A[lexander] Milne, “In which Pooh Invents a New Game and Eeyore Joins in”, in The House at Pooh Corner, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 94:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooh sticks | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
ru пустяки́ (game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge) · pl misie-patysie (game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge) · no pinneleken (game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge) · pl kubusiowe patyczki (game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge) · pl prztyczki-patyczki (game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge)