Meaning
The children's game of marbles — glass balls that players 'pitch' (flick or roll) to hit an opponent's marble or knock marbles out of a ring drawn in the dirt, winning them. A staple street and schoolyard game, played 'for keeps' or just for fun, with a good shooter marble treasured like gold.
Examples
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Mek wi play a game a marble.
Let's play a game of marbles.
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Him pitch di marble an lick out mine.
He flicked his marble and knocked mine out.
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Mi win a whole pocket a marble.
I won a whole pocketful of marbles.
Origin
From 'marble' (the glass ball); the traditional pitching game. See [[gig]], [[stucky]].
How it’s used
The game of marbles, 'pitched' to knock others out of a ring. See [[gig]], [[stucky]].