| 单词 | drop handkerchief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdrop (also throw) (the) handkerchief drop (also throw) (the) handkerchief n. any of various games in which a person near whom a handkerchief is dropped or to whom one is thrown runs after and tries to catch the person who dropped or threw it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > others sitisota1400 papsea1450 half-bowl1477 pluck at the crow1523 white and black1555 running game1581 blow-pointa1586 hot cocklesa1586 one penny1585 cockelty bread1595 pouch1600 venter-point1600 hinch-pinch1603 hardhead1606 poor and rich1621 rowland-hoe1622 hubbub1634 handicap?a1653 owl1653 ostomachy1656 prelledsa1660 quarter-spellsa1660 yert-point1659 bob-her1702 score1710 parson has lost his cloak1712 drop (also throw) (the) handkerchief1754 French Fox1759 goal1765 warpling o' the green1768 start1788 kiss-in-the-ring1801 steal-clothes1809 steal-coat1816 petits paquets1821 bocce1828 graces1831 Jack-in-the-box1836 hot hand1849 sparrow-mumbling1852 Aunt Sally1858 gossip1880 Tambaroora1882 spoof1884 fishpond1892 nim1901 diabolo1906 Kim's game1908 beaver1910 treasure-hunt1913 roll-down1915 rock scissors paper1927 scissors cut paper1927 scissors game1927 the dozens1928 toad in the hole1930 game1932 scissors paper stone1932 Roshambo1936 Marco Polo1938 scavenger hunt1940 skish1940 rock paper scissors1947 to play chicken1949 sounding1962 joning1970 arcade game1978 1754 Catal. Maps, Prints, &c. (W. & C. Dicey) 20 (title of print) The Game of Puss in the Corner and Drop Handkerchief. 1800 Anti-Jacobin Rev. & Mag. Aug. 472 A ‘Blindman's Buff’ along the verdure play, Or ‘drop the Handkerchief’, in quaint array. 1890 J. D. Champlin & A. E. Bostwick Young Folks' Cycl. Games & Sports 725/1 Throw the Handkerchief. A game played by any number of persons, who sit in a circle. 1903 C. Major Forest Hearth iv. 76 We are going to play Drop the Handkerchief, and if you'll come in I'll drop it behind you every time. 1944 G. Wilson Passing Inst. 93 Our liveliest game was Snap, a game that used to seem very exciting but now somewhat resembles Drop the Handkerchief. 1990 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 3 Jan. 2 As we got older, musical chairs and ‘drop the handkerchief’ gave way to ‘Heavy, heavy what hangs over’. < as lemmas |
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