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Pichenotte (French: [piʃnɔt] / PEESH-nut) refers to a family of several disk-flicking games, mostly French Canadian in origin, including crokinole, pitchnut, and North American carrom, which may sometimes be played with small cue sticks. Pichenotte is a Canadian French word meaning 'flick', which is derived from the European French word pichenette (French: [piʃnɛt]), also meaning 'flick'. These folk games are in the public domain, and are not subject to copyright like a commercial board game. Nor are they patented games (though a now-expired patent for one board variant was issued in 1880 in New York).[1] However, the names Pichenotte[2] and Pitchnut[3] are registered trademarks in the United States. The game community site Knipsbrat.com states that, like the German name Knipsbrat ('flicking-board'), "pichenotte is another name for crokinole"[4][5] The Canadian game board collection at the Quebec Museum of Civilization in Quebec City includes both the square carrom-type board[6] and the round crokinole-type game [7] Crokinole is also called pichenotte throughout much of North America. Modern-day tournaments have been held as far apart as Tavistock, Ontario,[8] and Santa Fe and[9][10] Albuquerque, New Mexico.[11]
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- ^ "Crokinole?". Knipsbrat.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "95-622: Jeu de pichenotte". Collections. Quebec: Musée de la civilisation. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "94-227: Jeu de pichenotte". Collections. Quebec: Musée de la civilisation. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ Gladding, William (August 26, 2020). "The French-flicking Frog" (PDF). Tavistock Gazette.
- ^ Taylor, Brian (December 19, 1999). "Pichenotte: It's a little like darts, a little like pool, a little like marbles, a little like ..." (PDF). Santa Fe New Mexican.
- ^ Bellinger, Cindy (October 27, 1998). "Just Fun and Games" (PDF). The Santa Fe New Mexican – via Pichenotte.com.
- ^ Pugh, Lori (August 10, 1998). "Flick Fever Hits Santa Fe". Albuquerque Journal.