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Disc-flip

Also known as Tiddlywinks

Disc-flip: photograph by Cyrille BERNIZET (flea game, French variant photo)
Photo: Cyrille BERNIZET (flea game, French variant photo), CC BY-SA 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Press a large disc (squidger) on the edge of small discs to flip them into a pot or on top of an opponent's pieces (squopping).

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United Kingdom.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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