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conker

[ kong-ker, kawng- ]

noun

, British Informal.
  1. a horse chestnut.
  2. the hollowed-out shell of a horse chestnut.
  3. conkers, a game in which a child swings a horse chestnut on a string in an attempt to break that of another player.

conker

/ ˈkɒŋkə /

noun

  1. an informal name for horse chestnut
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of conker1

1840–50; probably originally conquer; compare conquering a game played with snail shells (the name of the game presumably later transferred to the playing pieces)
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Example Sentences

Me, with my commishun pinned onto a banner, and under it written, “In this Sign we Conker.”

Perseveranse will conker enny thing but muskeeters; the only way tew conker them iz tew bak out.

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