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Knucklebones or Fivestones.
Mostly knucklebones are played by women
Dibs is short for dibstones, a children's game played with knucklebones, hence the knucklebones themselves, then counters generally and finally money placed down to reserve a place, for example in line to play at billiards. "First dibs" is the next in line, hence the claimant.
Knogar, pronouced with an audible k, the g sounds like a y. K-noyar.
the would sometimes play with inflated pig bladders, knucklebones, spinning tops, and dolls
The jack is an instrument used to raise a vehicle. It is placed under the car and pumped up to raise the car.
I believe they come from the hock joint (what would be the ankle in a human) of the hind leg of a sheep or lamb. My butcher tells me that they are often left behind when the animal is skinned, hence not readily accessible in his shop. He has his own sheep and has offered to save the knucklebones for me when next he slaughters any. I want to teach my grand-daughter how to play the game that I enjoyed as a child.
Annabel Thomas has written: 'Multiplicando y Dividiendo' 'Blood feud' -- subject(s): Fiction, Vendetta 'Things That Float' 'The phototropic woman' -- subject(s): Accessible book 'Knucklebones'