Poohsticks
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Pooh + sticks, coined by the English author Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) in his book The House at Pooh Corner (1928): see the quotation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpuːstɪks/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpustɪks/
- Hyphenation: Pooh‧sticks
Proper noun
Poohsticks
- (games) A game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge crossing it, the winner being the player whose stick emerges first on the other side.
- 1928 October 11, A A Milne, “In which Pooh Invents a New Game and Eeyore Joins in”, in The House at Pooh Corner, London: Methuen & Co. , →OCLC, page 94:
Translations
game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge
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Further reading
Poohsticks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
