quoit

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

From Time Magazine Archive

“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

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

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

And they used to play at quoits also, and at throwing the javelin, with some grace:— They threw the quoit, and hurl'd the playful spear.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

The games consisted of chariot, horse and foot races; leaping, wrestling, boxing, throwing the discus or quoit, etc.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann