Meaning & use
quoits
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a game in which players throw rings toward a peg, trying to land them around it.
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The family played quoits in the backyard every summer evening.
He won the county fair's quoits competition three years running.
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An old outdoor game, related to horseshoes, that is played with rope or rubber rings instead of metal shoes.
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