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a carnival's purest scam, where physics quietly conspires against your wrist and wallet
means A game in which players attempt to throw rings over a peg, bottle, or other target, usually for a prize.
from A plain English compound of "ring" and "toss," both old Germanic-rooted words — "ring" from Old English "hring" (a circular band) and "toss" of uncertain origin, possibly Scandinavian, meaning to throw lightly. The name simply describes the act: you toss a ring. It joined the family of carnival and parlor games whose names are blunt instructions, like "ringtoss" beside "horseshoes" and "quoits," the latter an older and fancier ancestor of the same pitch-a-loop-at-a-target idea.
- rigged odds
- Bottles spaced so rings barely fit over necks
- ancient roots
- Quoits, its ancestor, dates to Roman soldiers
- bounce factor
- Hard plastic rings ricochet off glass like rebellion
- wedding twist
- Inspired a popular drinking-game version for receptions
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carnival ring toss games — ubiquitous fairground game where players win prizes by tossing rings onto bottles at county fairs