Bumbo bumboozer or bowler are names applied to very large marbles of any description.
Playing marbles names.
The different types of marbles are quite beautiful.
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Or the bumbo is the name often attributed to any of the larger marbles.
Is a general name applied in many parts of the country to all glass marbles including opals glimmers bloods rubies etc.
You can simulate races yourself or stream it on twitch tv with your viewers.
3 ways to play.
Because this game is so old there are countless ways to play countless games to make up and countless names for marbles.
Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles.
With a range of colors measurements and patterns marbles can be tough to identify at times.
This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library.
These marble names refer to categories of marbles.
Shooters are often slightly larger than target marbles.
Whether produced by a device or by hand specific types of marbles possess recognizable.
Agates or aggies by the middle of the nineteenth century marbles made of agate had become so popular that the word aggie a nickname for agate came to be used for all stone marbles.
Playing for keeps the winner keeps all the marbles after the game winner keeps loser weeps.
A peawee is the name used for any very small marble.
The most expensive marbles.
Plasters are non glazed china marbles and decorated in the same fashion as chinas but dull in appearance.
You may want to collect them just for the way they look.
Plunking hitting the targets on the fly.
Many were quarried and ground in germany and then exported to america and other countries.
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Another name is kimmies.
A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.
Taw another name for a shooter.
Marbles smaller than a diameter are referred to as peewees.
Just becoming familiar with the many kinds of toy marbles available and different marble manufacturers can be an intimidating process.
There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out.
Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years.
