Poohsticks

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge crossing it, the winner being the player whose stick emerges first on the other side.

Pronunciation

/ˈpuːstɪks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Poohsticks.wav /ˈpustɪks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Poohsticks.wav

Word forms

Poohsticks Pooh sticks

Etymology

From Pooh + sticks, coined by the English author Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) in his book The House at Pooh Corner (1928): see the quotation.

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