chunkey

noun

chunk·​ey

variants or chunky

ˈchəŋkē

plural chunkeys or chunkies

: a Muskogean Indian game in which players try to throw or slide a pole so that a crook at one end curves around a disk

Word History

Etymology

perhaps modification of Catawba Chenco

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