marbles

marbles pl (plural only)

1. Any of several children's games played with small glass balls.

   Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses.

2. (figuratively, usually in a limited number of expressions) Sanity.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sanity

   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.

   • 2012, J. T. Petty, Bloody Chester, First Second, ISBN 978-1-59643-100-3, p. 63:

     —Her daddy's crazy. [...] Think she's looking for something?
     —Treasure, I expect. That or maybe her daddy's marbles.

3. (motor racing) Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.
   • 2014, Amen Zwa, Going Nowhere Fast In Assetto Corsa (2015-05-01), →ISBN, page 395:

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

• all one's marbles
• lose one's marbles

marbles

1. plural of marble

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

marbles

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marble

• marble (toy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Amblers, amblers, blamers, lambers, rambles