marbles

Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).

Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses.

figuradoSanity.

Grandpa's lost his marbles, but at least he still recognizes us.

Granny's still got all her marbles.

His lack of marbles is becoming ever more apparent.

“A nice imbroglio you've landed me in. Thanks to you ...” “Yes, sir.” “Don't say ‘Yes, sir.’ Thanks to you I have been widely publicized as off my rocker.” “Not widely, sir. Merely to your immediate circle now resident at Brinkley Court.” “You have held me up at the bar of world opinion as a man who has not got all his marbles.” “It was not easy to think of an alternative scheme, sir.”

Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.

Some corners are littered with marbles, off the racing line.

Também uma forma de marbleplural of marble

Marbles were among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.

Também uma forma de marblethird-person singular simple present indicative of marble