bonce about

bonce about (uncountable)

1. (dated) A boys' game played with large marbles called bonces.
   • 1853, William Martin, The Book of Sports, for Boys and Girls, Part I: “Games with Marbles”, page 13

     […] the clay marbles, which the schoolboy capitalist will not greatly value, for they are seldom perfectly round, are easily chipped, and, in fact, are only fit for playing “egg in the bush," or “odd and even," or to pay fines with, in playing bonce about.