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Revision as of 04:59, 28 October 2015
A marble is a small spherical toy (nonfiction) usually made from glass, clay, steel, plastic or agate.
Description
Marbles vary in size. Most commonly, they are about 1/2 inch to 1 inch (1.3 to 2.54 cm) in diameter, but they may range from less than 1/30 inch (0.111 cm) to over 3 inches (7.75 cm), while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 12 inches (30 cm) wide.
Marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles.
They are often collected, both for nostalgia and for their aesthetic colors.
In the North of England the objects and the game are called "taws", with larger taws being called bottle washers after the use of a marble in Codd-neck bottles.
External links
- Marble (toy) @ Wikipedia