A "mibster" (MIB-ster) is a marble player. A lso, according to the Urban Dictionary , a marble addict, especially one collecting contemporary, huge, art-glass marbles.
Example (as used in The Atlantic Monthly ): "Though it’s customarily considered bad form to shoot marbles past noon on Good Friday, the rules [for this year’s British and World Marbles Championships, held annually on Good Friday] have been relaxed to accommodate all the mibsters."
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