(New Zealand, Canada, obsolete) The game of crown and anchor.
1933, Slang To-Day and Yesterday, Eric Partridge, London: Routledge & Kegal Paul, page 294:
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(Australian, archaic) A betting game involving a spinner marked with horses’ names.
: toodle-em-buck, the game of crown and anchor
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(Australia) The piece of wood (cat) that is struck in tipcat.
[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19410711.2.6.1 1941 (July 11), “Whitcombes Sale” advertisement, The Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, page 1: ]
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