Marbles vs Purey - What's the difference?
marbles | purey |
(plural only) Any of several children's games played with small glass balls.
(plural only, usually, in a limited number of expressions) Sanity.
* 2012 , , Bloody Chester , First Second, ISBN 978-1-59643-100-3, p. 63:
(marble)
A marble, of the sort used in playing marbles, that is one solid color through and through.
*1957 , , 1991 LB Books edition, page 76,
*:... an unclouded blue marble (known to marble shooters, at least in the twenties, as a "purey "),...
As nouns the difference between marbles and purey
is that marbles is while purey is a marble, of the sort used in playing marbles, that is one solid color through and through.As a verb marbles
is (marble).marbles
English
(wikipedia marbles)Noun
(head)- Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses, and marbles are among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.
- Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses, and marbles are among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.
- Grandpa's lost his marbles , but at least he still recognizes us.
- Granny's still got all her marbles .
- —Her daddy's crazy. [...] Think she's looking for something?
—Treasure, I expect. That or maybe her daddy's marbles .
