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noun
The act of knocking one's pace egg (“a coloured hard-boiled egg traditionally made at Easter”) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact, an Easter custom in many countries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cumbria, Ireland, Yorkshire
Qualifier: Northumberland
Topics: games
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To knock (a pace egg) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cumbria, Ireland, Yorkshire, transitive
Qualifier: Northumberland
Topics: games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Scots jaup (“(noun) dash or splash of mud, water, etc.; broken piece, fragment; light blow, slap; (verb) of water: to dash; to splash; to cause a splash by striking the surface of or throwing water; to bespatter or splash (mud, water, etc.); (obsolete) to knock about, manhandle”), perhaps from jalp, jilp (“to spill, splash, squirt”), probably originally imitative of a splash.
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