gorodki

English
gorodki arranged in the pushka (пу́шка - "cannon") pattern

Etymology

From Russian городки́ (gorodkí, “small towns; skittles in the game of gorodki”), singular городо́к (gorodók), diminutive of го́род (górod, “town, city”). Doublet of yardie.

Noun

gorodki (uncountable)

  1. An ancient Russian folk sport of trying to knock arrangements of skittles out of a square by throwing a bat at them.

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