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Taw   Listen
noun
Taw  n.  
1.
A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.
2.
A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles. (Colloq. U. S.)





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"Taw" Quotes from Famous Books



... hath hys sone y-taw[gh]tte yn ryches, poorte, woo, and welle, Thys worthy reson for-[gh]ete thow no[gh]t, Whate eu{er} thow sey, A-vyse ...
— Early English Meals and Manners • Various
... Observation, tho' I could call to mind some not extremely unlike it. From hence my Thoughts took Occasion to ramble into the general Notion of Travelling, as it is now made a Part of Education. Nothing is more frequent than to take a Lad from Grammar and Taw, and under the Tuition of some poor Scholar, who is willing to be banished for thirty Pounds a Year, and a little Victuals, send him crying and snivelling into foreign Countries. Thus he spends his time as Children do at Puppet-Shows, and with much the same Advantage, ...
— The Spectator, Volume 2. • Addison and Steele
... said I between my teeth, "do you think you can play alley-taw and cat's-cradle with ...
— The Hidden Children • Robert W. Chambers


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