Poohsticks

English

Alternative forms

• Pooh sticks

Etymology

From The House at Pooh Corner by A A Milne; a compound of Pooh +‎ sticks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːstɪks/

Proper noun

Poohsticks

1. (games) A game where each player throws a stick on the upstream side of a bridge crossing a river, and see whose comes out first on the other side.
   • 1951 [1928], A A Milne, The House at Pooh Corner, London: Methuen & Co, page 94:

     And that was the beginning of the game called Poohsticks, which Pooh invented, and which he and his friends used to play on the edge of the Forest.

Translations

game

• Norwegian: pinneleken
• Polish: misie-patysie (pl) pl
• Russian: пустяки́ (ru) m pl (pustjakí)

Further reading

• Poohsticks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia