Poohsticks

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Etymology

From The House at Pooh Corner by A A Milne; a compound of Pooh +‎ sticks.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːstɪks/

Proper noun

Poohsticks

  1. (games) A game where each player throws a stick on the upstream side of a bridge crossing a river, and see whose comes out first on the other side.
    • 1951 [1928], A A Milne, The House at Pooh Corner, London: Methuen & Co, page 94:
      And that was the beginning of the game called Poohsticks, which Pooh invented, and which he and his friends used to play on the edge of the Forest.

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