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Substantiivi

  1. Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).
  2. (figurative, usually in a limited number of expressions) Sanity.
  3. (motor racing) Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.

Esimerkit

  • Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses, and marbles are among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.
  • Grandpa's lost his marbles, but at least he still recognizes us.
  • Granny's still got all her marbles.
  • —Her daddy's crazy. [...] Think she's looking for something? —Treasure, I expect. That or maybe her daddy's marbles.