In various regional slang contexts and historical idioms, marbles can refer to a person's common sense, sanity, or mental acumen, as captured in expressions about losing your marbles. Additionally, in vintage street slang and children's playground culture, marbles specifically denoted the small glass or clay spheres used in traditional games. In rare financial or corporate contexts, it has also been used colloquially to describe valuable assets or high-stakes bargaining tokens.
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