dornick
9.9
A small smooth stone you can throw
- noun
- Archaic
:
piedra pequeña
- While hiking, she stumbled over a loose dornick and nearly fell.
Examples
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He picked up a small dornick from the beach to skip across the waves.
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" Dan, you go in my place and accept that stupid dornick.
Fiction book (1998) -
The children gathered dornicks to throw at the target in the park.
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Etymology
Dornick probably comes from the Irish word dornóg, which means 'little fist'. A helpful way to remember it is that a small stone fits in your fist and can be thrown, so dornick means a little pebble you might toss.