noun (informal, especially BrE)
1 [C] the smooth shiny brown nut of the HORSECHESTNUT tree
compareCHESTNUT, HORSECHESTNUT
2 (conkers) [U] (BrE) a children's game played with conkers on strings, in which two players take turns to try to hit and break each other's conker
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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