Poohsticksとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːstɪks/

固有名詞

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.

Further reading

• Poohsticks on Wikipedia.