Penker

Quick meaning: Penker is a noun meaning (Northern England, dialectal) A large marble, usually made of stone or metal, used in the game of marbles.

Meaning

(Northern England, dialectal) A large marble, usually made of stone or metal, used in the game of marbles.

Example Sentences

Wor Geordie's lost his penker

"the first boy threw a penker - much larger than the other marbles (boodies) - the next boy tried to hit it"

The 'panker' or 'panker' is a large marble, made of stone or iron. Each boy puts four marbles in a ring, and proceeds to knock them out of the ring with a panker.

Here he [Sid Chaplin] learnt to swim and how to jarp Easter eggs; he played with penkers, and shutty ring with glass alleys, and sometimes the men joined in games of tipcat.

Word Forms

• penkers
• penka

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