In better weather they spend the leisure of the evening at the game of quoits, which is the standard pastime among. From Wordnik.com. [Auld Licht Idyls] Reference
In better weather they spend the leisure of the evening at the game of quoits, which is the standard pastime among Scottish ploughmen. From Wordnik.com. [Auld Licht Idylls] Reference
They flung spears, threw quoits and ran foot-races. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Missionary Heroes] Reference
He sat in a noisy tavern, ate. played quoits, and drank. From Wordnik.com. [Night Arrant]
Broil it carefully and rare, then go and toss quoits with. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
Rubber quoits may be used instead of disks, if available. From Wordnik.com. [School, Church, and Home Games] Reference
I'll wager then that quoits is right out of the question. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Knows Best] Reference
Let's find Lucy-Ann and have a game of quoits or something. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship of Adventure]
"Did you ever play at quoits, Edwards?" asked Saurin presently. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
T.J. is a carpenter, six foot four in height, and plays quoits well. From Wordnik.com. [Reprinted Pieces] Reference
Boys were pitching quoits and coppers; old men in the sun were basking. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860] Reference
They have been working with monarchist and status quoits state mechanisms. From Wordnik.com. [New Government Vs. Old Mechanisms] Reference
Lawn-tennis, quoits, cricket, and dancing for them as must be on the shove. From Wordnik.com. [Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896]] Reference
Morton and Browne hunted up four flat stones, and commenced pitching quoits. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
In quoits, rings are thrown up and down a pitch at target pins at either end. From Wordnik.com. [Things I Found in my Mother-in-Law's House: Kid Stuff] Reference
The average weight of the quoits used by experts is from seven to nine pounds each. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
He came within half an hour, equipped with what looked like a couple of rubber quoits. From Wordnik.com. [Bonecrack]
By day there were many entertainments, such as races, walking matches, quoits, and like games. From Wordnik.com. [An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China] Reference
A certain form of quoits is played with horseshoes throughout the country districts of America. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
In match games, all quoits that fall outside a radius of 18 inches from the centre of the pin are. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
The rest of the company, every one as he liked best, made his disport at bowls, quoits, keiles, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Francis Drake Revived] Reference
Nothing could have been more cool than his manner when he joined the group and suggested a game of quoits. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
Prepared form of the heartwood, used as an insecticide and in medicine as a tonic to dispel intestinal worms quoits. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
When all the quoits are cast from one Hob, the players walk to the other and pitch to the first, and so on in succession. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering] Reference
They picked ferns from under the waterfall and made wreaths and garlands, which they threw at the Phoenix's head like quoits. From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
The term is derived from the legendary belief that these rude megalithic monuments were used by the giants when playing quoits. From Wordnik.com. [Drolls From Shadowland] Reference
A party at quoits in one field, and a dancing party in another, quitted their amusements, and listened with undivided attention. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part I. 1792 Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners] Reference
Captain himself, he would give four other great quoits which he had hidden, intending to have reserved them until another voyage. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Francis Drake Revived] Reference
The players beginning the game stand at one of these pins, called the Hob, and pitch the quoits to the other, each person having two. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering] Reference
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