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skiddles en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of skid + skittles?

Meanings

  1. (dated, uncountable) A game played on ice in which sticks are thrown at pins to knock them over.
    • Probably you'd prefer playing Skiddles in such a way that there is a possibility of winning the game, or at least ending it! If that is so you'll have to change the real rules a little. 1934, Arthur H. Lawson, Homemade Games: How to Make and Play Indoor and Outdoor Games, page 83:
  2. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of skittles.
    alt of skittles
    • If there is a need or desire for more games or play equipment in the camp, here is the book that tells how the campers can make them — table tennis, shuffleboard, paddle tennis, box hockey, skiddles, dart baseball, exo, and scores of others 1935, The Camping Magazine, volumes 7-8, page 24:
    • Several antique games, such as a skiddles table, occupy an upstairs anteroom. 1997, Michael McKenzie, Arrowhead Home of the Chiefs: