Jacks vs Marbles - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between jacks and marbles

is that jacks is while marbles is .

is derived from (jack).

(marble).

(wikipedia jacks)

(games) A children's game involving picking up objects while a ball is in the air.

(Ireland, slang) A toilet.

(poker slang) A pair of .

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(wikipedia marbles)

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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.

(plural only) Any of several children's games played with small glass balls.

Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses, and marbles are among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.

(plural only, usually, in a limited number of expressions) Sanity.

Grandpa's lost his marbles , but at least he still recognizes us.

Granny's still got all her marbles .

* 2012 , , 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 .

* all one's marbles * lose one's marbles

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