gorodki

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

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

From Russian городки́ ("small towns; skittles in the game of gorodki"), singular городо́к, diminutive of го́род.

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