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Horseshoes   /hˈɔrsʃˌuz/   Listen
Horseshoes

noun
1.
A game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it.  Synonym: quoits.





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"Horseshoes" Quotes from Famous Books



... the hoofs of horses showed that they had been shod, and there are neither horseshoes nor blacksmiths among the ...
— The Talking Leaves - An Indian Story • William O. Stoddard
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... and hammer always, Ever working with your hammer, Making horseshoes in the summer, Iron horseshoes for the winter, 250 Working at your sledge at night-time, And its frame in daytime shaping, Forth to journey to your wooing, And to Pohjola to travel, One more cunning goes before you, And another speeds beyond you, And your own will capture from you, ...
— Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) - The Land of the Heroes • Anonymous
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... from the city and from each other by deep valleys or gulleys. We drove from Jerusalem to the Mount of Olives over a well constructed modern limestone road that wound among these hills and valleys in long curves and horseshoes in order to reach a place that seemed almost ...
— A Trip to the Orient - The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise • Robert Urie Jacob
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Words linked to "Horseshoes" :   leaner, ringer, outdoor game, quoits


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