subs. (schoolboys’).—A clay marble. Cf., ALLEY.
1836. DICKENS, Pickwick Papers (about 1827), p. 28 (ed. 1857). On one occasion he patted the boy on the head, and after inquiring whether he had won any alley tors or COMMONEYS lately (both of which I understand to be a particular species of marbles much prized by the youth of this town), made use of this remarkable expression—‘How should you like to have another father?’
