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Knucklebones, also known as scatter jacks, snobs, astragaloi (singular: astragalus), tali, dibs, fivestones, jacks, jackstones, or jinks, among many other names, [1] is a game of dexterity played with a number of small objects that are thrown up, caught, and manipulated in various manners. It is ancient in origin and is found in various ...
An antimacassar / ˌ æ n t ɪ m ə ˈ k æ s ər / is a small cloth placed over the backs or arms of chairs, or the head or cushions of a sofa, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric underneath. [1] The name also refers to the cloth flap 'collar' on a sailor's shirt or top, used to keep macassar oil off the uniform.
Worn with a sallet to cover the jaw and throat (extending somewhat down the sternum). May also cover the back of the neck if worn with a bassinet rather than a sallet. May be solid or made of lames. Sometimes worn with a gorget. Gorget: Steel collar to protect the neck and cover the neck opening in a complete cuirass.
Workers at Chittagong ship breaking yard, without safety boots and hard hats U.S. police officer with a riot shield. A shield is held in the hand or arm. Its purpose is to intercept attacks, either by stopping projectiles such as arrows or by glancing a blow to the side of the shield-user.
In this sweet clip, a young Golden Retriever named Maisy rushes to wake up her brother Levi, a deaf Australia Shepherd by the name of Levi. Levi has been deaf all his life, and Maisy seems to know ...
The Nickelodeon game show Get the Picture features a Power Surge called "Rebus Mania", in which the teams had 30 seconds to guess the rebus that was shown. India. Dadagiri Unlimited is a game show in which some rebus puzzles are used in the googly round. The show is broadcast by Zee Bangla and hosted by the former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly.
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo. One of the protagonists of Intermezzo is a competitive chess player, whose obsession with the game has dominated much of his life. Chetna Maroo’s Western Lane ...
In Canada and the U.S., the game is known as Clue. It was retitled because the traditional British board game Ludo, on which the name is based, was less well known there than its American variant Parcheesi. [39] The North American versions of Clue also replace the character "Reverend Green" from the original Cluedo with "Mr. Green". This is the ...