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(monikko) marble|lang=en
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Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses, and marbles are among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.
puhekieltä Any of several children's games played with small glass balls.
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Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses, and marbles are among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.
puhekieltä sanity Sanity.
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Grandpas lost his marbles, but at least he still recognizes us.''
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Grannys still got all her marbles.''
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His lack of marbles is becoming ever more apparent. -adapted from Google Books, but scarce
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As fleet on her feet as she is lacking in marbles, Madeline eludes him and goes off. -adapted from Google Books, but scarce
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Hes several marbles short of a full bag.''
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Granny is a few marbles short of a Parthenon. -adapted from Google Books - but not this idiom
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The lady-tramp might be one or two marbles short of a set.
2012, (w), Bloody Chester, First Second, ISBN 978-1-59643-100-3, p. 63:
- —Her daddy's crazy. ... Think she's looking for something? —Treasure, I expect. That or maybe her daddy's marbles.
puhekieltä Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race car|race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.
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