quoit

Example Sentences

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A Philadelphia trophy was inscribed: "Given by the German-American Bund; quoit tournament, 1937."

From Time Magazine Archive

Jason had no idea what a quoit was, but he tried to stay focused.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

“Let’s see...earlier I was eating ice cream. Right now I’m tossing this quoit ring.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

"It was as if, at some of the ancient games, a stranger had appeared upon the plain, and thrown his quoit among the marks of former casts, which tradition had ascribed to the demi-gods."

From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

The one whose quoits lie nearest to the hub counts one point for each quoit, but each quoit entitled to count must be nearer the hub than any of the opponents' quoits.

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield