glarney
(UK, dated) A kind of patterned glass marble in children's games.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, dated) A kind of patterned glass marble in children's games.
As the word implies the glarneys were glass marbles, but no ball out of an old mineral-water bottle was ever dignified by receiving the name, though such balls were not despised possessions, and had the rank of twoers.
Origin: Possibly from glass?. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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