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Schanzeln or Schanz'ln is a variation of the European skittles game of
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* Hugo Mareta: ''Proben eines Wörterbuchs der österreichischen Volkssprache. Zweyter Versuch''. In: ''Jahresbericht des k.k. Ober-Gymnasiums zu den Schotten in Wien am Schlusse des Schuljahres 1865''. Vienna, 1865, pp. I–XII und 1–67. * Leopold Ziller: ''Was nicht im Duden steht. Ein Salzburger Mundart-Wörterbuch''. 2nd edn. St. Gilgen am Wolfgangsee 1995 (EA 1979).
Schanzeln or Schanz'ln is a variation of the European skittles game of Kegeln
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, at which very high wagers were often placed, which is why it ended up on the list of games prohibited in Austria-Hungary in 1904. One enthusiastic fan of this game was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Meaning
''Schanze'' described theskittles
Skittles may refer to:
* Skittles (confectionery), a brand of fruit-flavor chewy candy, distributed by Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
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* Skittles (sport), the game from which bowling originated
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game whereby all the money wagered was won by the player who knocked over the most skittles.
''Schanze'' derives from the French word, ''chance''. ''Schanzel'' is the diminutive form and ''schanzeln'' the verb that derives from it.
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*Matthias Lexer Matthias Lexer (18 October 1830 – 16 April 1892), later Matthias von Lexer (from 1885), was a German lexicographer, author of the principal dictionary of the Middle High German language, ''Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch von Matthias Lexer'', ...
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* Hugo Mareta: ''Proben eines Wörterbuchs der österreichischen Volkssprache. Zweyter Versuch''. In: ''Jahresbericht des k.k. Ober-Gymnasiums zu den Schotten in Wien am Schlusse des Schuljahres 1865''. Vienna, 1865, pp. I–XII und 1–67. * Leopold Ziller: ''Was nicht im Duden steht. Ein Salzburger Mundart-Wörterbuch''. 2nd edn. St. Gilgen am Wolfgangsee 1995 (EA 1979).
See also
*Table skittles Table skittles is a game in which a ball or spinning top is used to knock over skittles on a small board, usually placed on a table. Table skittles are almost always made of wood.
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