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 demigods.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

The Wharf, St Ives Zennor has a curious little church with carved bench ends, on one of which is represented a mermaid, and Zennor "quoit" is thought to be the largest cromlech in England.

From Cornwall by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)